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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 />
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Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a mixed forest. Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Winter,Wolf's milk,slime mold Click/tap to enlarge

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 mixed forest.

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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 Dec 19, 2018. Captured Feb 20, 2018 14:11 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm