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Wolf's Milk Slime Mold (Lycogala epidendrum) Growing on a rotting pine in a dense mixed forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70294/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/3231/70294_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=jgU41neS3kf0%2B0xPvj5BqF4pMcQ%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold (Lycogala epidendrum) Growing on a rotting pine in a dense mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70295/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,Myxomycetes,United States,Wolf&#039;s milk,lycogala,pink spores,slime,slime mold,spores,wolf&#039;s milk" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,Myxomycetes,United States,Wolf's milk,lycogala,slime,slime mold,wolf's milk Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold (Lycogala epidendrum)

Growing on a rotting pine in a dense mixed forest.

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold (Lycogala epidendrum) Growing on a rotting pine in a dense mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70295/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,Myxomycetes,United States,Wolf's milk,lycogala,pink spores,slime,slime mold,spores,wolf's milk

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The Wolf's milk

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 Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Dec 4, 2018. Captured Dec 2, 2018 11:35 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/3.5
  • 1/100s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.