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A Couple of Fine Examples! There were so many of these affected russulas that the slugs had not found these two... yet!<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/81943/yum.html" title="Yum!"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2839/81943_thumb.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=haZshe7EiOUA2LO4lxyCdKFAps0%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Yum! These Banana Slugs don&rsquo;t wait for the Lobster Mushrooms to erupt from the forest floor. They must be tasty!<br /> Ariolimax Columbianus,Canada,Geotagged,Pacific banana slug,Summer" /></a></figure> Canada,Geotagged,Hypomyces lactifluorum,Lobster mushroom,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

A Couple of Fine Examples!

There were so many of these affected russulas that the slugs had not found these two... yet!

Yum! These Banana Slugs don’t wait for the Lobster Mushrooms to erupt from the forest floor. They must be tasty!<br /> Ariolimax Columbianus,Canada,Geotagged,Pacific banana slug,Summer

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    So fresh! Have you tried these before? I've found them but never eaten them! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View gary fast's profile
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      Lisa, No, I have not eaten them. Some say they are delicious. They just don’t appeal to me. G. Posted 6 years ago
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    Wow! They look perfect! Posted 6 years ago
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      Christine, in this one area there were just so many of them popping up. Visually hard to miss against the dark, damp forest floor. G. Posted 6 years ago
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        Nice! They are gorgeous, but I don't eat them either ;P. Posted 6 years ago

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The Lobster mushroom

The Lobster mushroom, ''Hypomyces lactifluorum'', contrary to its common name, is not a mushroom, but rather a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster.

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Similar species: Hypocreales
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Uploaded Jul 20, 2019. Captured Jul 19, 2019 15:57 in Carrington Bay Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/11.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.