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a yellow almost fluorescent cluster of sphere on a decaying tree trunk and fern leaf. The cluster is around 3cm across it's length. I initially thought that these were insect eggs although now I have been convinced that it is a slime mold
Beech Forest
Only sighted once over a three day hike
Spotted on Nov 26, 2014
Submitted on Nov 29, 2014
3 Comments
Yes I think so, Max, or at least it looks like it. Slime molds in this stage I believe are called slugs and are hard to identify because species can look similar in appearance. I don't know if this is also the case for your spotting though.
Here is one that I think resembles your spotting.
http://www.wisconsinmushrooms.com/Stemon...
Thanks Jae! Is the slime trail the stretched piece of ooze at the top-left- side of the cluster?
Interesting find, Max. To me it looks like a plasmodial slime mold, going by the slime trail.