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Slime Mold - Class Myxomycetes, Lycogala epidendrum? Not sure of the ID. It seems likely, but I have never seen it grow in small round-ish clusters like this.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rotting birch; mixed forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/146118/slime_mold_-_class_myxomycetes_lycogala_epidendrum.html" title="Slime Mold - Class Myxomycetes, Lycogala epidendrum?"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/146118_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=OsbT5iwLvdKywkLa9pqjp2JdY%2Bc%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Slime Mold - Class Myxomycetes, Lycogala epidendrum? Not sure of the ID. It seems likely, but I have never seen it grow in small round-ish clusters like this.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rotting birch; mixed forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/146119/slime_mold_-_class_myxomycetes_lycogala_epidendrum.html Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,Spring,United States,Wolf&#039;s milk" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,Myxomycetes,Spring,United States,Wolf's milk,lycogala,slime mold Click/tap to enlarge

Slime Mold - Class Myxomycetes, Lycogala epidendrum?

Not sure of the ID. It seems likely, but I have never seen it grow in small round-ish clusters like this.

Habitat: Rotting birch; mixed forest

Slime Mold - Class Myxomycetes, Lycogala epidendrum? Not sure of the ID. It seems likely, but I have never seen it grow in small round-ish clusters like this.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rotting birch; mixed forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/146119/slime_mold_-_class_myxomycetes_lycogala_epidendrum.html Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,Spring,United States,Wolf's milk

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Lycogala epidendrum is a cosmopolitan species of plasmodial slime mould which is often mistaken for a fungus. The aethalia, or fruiting bodies, occur either scattered or in groups on damp rotten wood, especially on large logs, from June to November.

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Similar species: Liceales
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Jan 30, 2023. Captured May 25, 2022 11:06 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm

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