Slime mould fungus (Leocarpus fragilis) growing on a twig. The orange egg-shaped structures are spore cases (sporangia). Each sporangium contains mill

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Slime mould fungus (Leocarpus fragilis) growing on a twig. The orange egg-shaped structures are spore cases (sporangia). Each sporangium contains millions of spores, the reproductive cells of fungi. Photographed in November in Limousin, France.

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