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Wolf's milk

Lycogala epidendrum

Description:

Slime mold, about half cm in diameter, heart-shaped, orange in color

Habitat:

grows on rotten trunk

1 Species ID Suggestions

arlanda
arlanda 9 years ago
Wolf's milk
Lycogala epidendrum Lycogala epidendrum


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8 Comments

Sintija Valucka
Sintija Valucka 9 years ago

oh, you noticed them only afterwards! That surely was a lovely surprise! :)))

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Thanks, Sintija! hahaha I was surprised when I uploaded photos and saw lots of hearts :) Fungi love :)))

Sintija Valucka
Sintija Valucka 9 years ago

is it only me or it really looks like a heart!? ♥ Great spotting! :))

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Ok, I will do it :)

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 9 years ago

Feel free to add this to my mission for slime molds. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4357...

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Ok, Fungi are not my area, will change the word "mushroom"...we have in our language only one word for Fungi, and I translate it literally :)

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Thank you very much, Arlanda!

arlanda
arlanda 9 years ago

It looks like Lycogala epidendrum but it is not a fungus but slime mould, i.e., myxomycetes class

Jopy
Spotted by
Jopy

Croatia

Spotted on May 11, 2014
Submitted on May 13, 2014

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