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Wolf's Milk - Lycogala epidendrum Habitat: Moss-covered rotting wood; mixed forest<br />
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Wolf's Milk - Lycogala epidendrum

Habitat: Moss-covered rotting wood; mixed forest

Wolf's Milk - Lycogala epidendrum Habitat: Moss-covered rotting wood; mixed forest<br />
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  1. Amazing Posted 2 years ago
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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.

Similar species: Liceales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Apr 21, 2023. Captured Oct 23, 2021 10:54 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/166s
  • ISO500
  • 100mm