SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate protozoan (Blepharisma japonicum) swimming through clumps of bacteria.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate protozoan (Blepharisma japonicum) swimming through clumps of bacteria.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Predatory protozoa moving through cilliate action. The protozoan has consumed photosynthetic diatoms, visible within the cell. The predator disgorges some of its prey.

Stephen Dalton / Carchesium, a colonial Protozoan found in pond water. UK, November.

Kim Taylor / Floating colonies of Stantor (ciliate protozoa) with gas bubbles used to lift colonies.

Kim Taylor / {Volvox} protozoa growing at water surface in sunlight, UK.

Kim Taylor / Volvox protozoa amongst Bladderwort

Mateusz Piesiak / Slime molds (species not known) in autumn forest. Barycz Valley Landscape Park, Poland, November.

Linda Pitkin / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica). Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, UK. September.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia, close up. New Forest National Park, England, UK. August. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. August. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens) sporangia. Perthshire, Scotland, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Wolf's milk slime mould (Lycogala epidendrum), water droplets on fruiting bodies, on decaying beech. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Coral slime mould (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) sporangia with ice crystal appearance, on decaying log. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Hemitrichia calyculata) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria sp) sporangia. Dorset, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Comatricha nigra) sporangia. Dorset, England, UK. January. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Comatricha nigra) sporangia. Dorset, England, UK. January. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens), reflections on shiny sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Physarum sp), water droplets on sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens), reflections in sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens), reflections on sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Physarum sp) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Physarum sp) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Physarum sp) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Stemonitis sp) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England UK. September. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans), Super close up of sporangia growing on a Holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) close up of sporangia growing on a Holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma nigrescens), mature sporangia releasing spores growing on a rotting Beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans), Sporangia growing on an Oak leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) two sporangia growing on a Beech leaf, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Didymium melanospermum), super close up of sporangia growing on a Beech leaf, Buckinhghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens), fully developed sporangia releasing spores with a springtail crawling on them, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Trichia botrytis), fully developed sporangia releasing spores, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) group of sporangia growing on a rotting Oak leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) group of sporangia growing on edge of a Holly leaf shown for scale next to 1mm marks on tape measure, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans), Sporangia growing along the edge of a Holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans), super close up of sporangia growing on a Holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans), super close up of sporangia growing on a Holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans), super close up of sporangia growing along the edge of a Holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Badhamia utricularis) plasmodium moving between and feeding on crust fungi. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Arcyria sp) under attack bfrom Fungus (Polycephalomyces tomentosus). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Arcyria obvelata ), a tight group with sporangia fully expanded. Hertfordshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata), dew drops on sporangia. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia splitting and releasing spores. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.