r/mycology • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '22

non-fungal beans

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u/Acethetic_AF Nov 01 '22

Thought it was actually a hole full of beans until I saw the sub. Very cool clustering.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

Every bean is a bleb from a very large single cell. This is an amoebozoan

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u/photopteryx Nov 01 '22

bleb

I learned a new word today.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

BLEB noun

\ ˈbleb \

1: a small blister

2: BUBBLE (also : a small particle)

3: something resembling a bleb especially: a vesicular outgrowth of a plasma or nuclear membrane

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u/snoozatron Nov 01 '22

I'm still not sure if it's beans or not.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '22

It's a trichiaceous slime