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Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. Some had already burst out through the little holes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69850/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html" title="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/69850_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=jgvxfO8%2BMMYzHpjURGdAKi3LvdA%3D" width="200" height="166" alt="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf&#039;s milk" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html" title="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/69849_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=JXJ40%2FabmCUm4OEyvO30xsg%2FBDM%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69850/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf&#039;s milk" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf's milk,slime mold Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum

Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. Some had already burst out through the little holes.

Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf's milk

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69850/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf's milk

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    Perfection! Posted 6 years ago
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      Thanks! Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 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.

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Similar species: Liceales
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Uploaded Nov 26, 2018. Captured Nov 25, 2018 11:55 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.