Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum

I've never seen this slime mold looking like this before - it looked like it was made up of tiny maggots. Usually, the aethalia are smooth and firm on the outside.

Habitat: Rotting wood in a mixed forest

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Interesting, what do you think it means? Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  I have no idea. Maybe this is what it looks like when it's still developing? Or, maybe it got too wet and got mushy? I'm going to post on a slime page on FB. Maybe someone there will know. Posted 6 years ago

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 Christine Young