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Description:

Group of very small red fungi growing on a dead tree branch. Feels like sand paper to the touch. Apparently no moisture is necessary for it's growth. Individual fungi is only 1mm in height.

Habitat:

Found on a dead tree branch.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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doreen.chambers.14
doreen.chambers.14 9 years ago
Pink Earth Lichen
Dibaeis baeomyces https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDQQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectnoah.org%2Fspottings%2F44200017&ei=5wR9VPK1GcTfsATKsYD4Dw&usg=AFQjCNHz8SaoRy7epJXtR5hm3cBNjH5UKQ&bvm=bv.80642063,d.cWc


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4 Comments

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you Doreen for the suggestion. but I have photographed it on a dead tree. Please see the second picture.

doreen.chambers.14
doreen.chambers.14 9 years ago

Actually. It may be a slime mold. I did not see it was on a tree.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you Mark for your suggestion.. but I they do not look like slime molds. They are hard to the touch.

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Hey sunnyjosef it looks more like a myxogastria than a fungi?

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Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Spotted on Nov 27, 2014
Submitted on Nov 27, 2014

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