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Lycogala epidendrum
It is a cosmopolitan species of plasmodial slime mould which is often mistaken for a fungus. The compressed fruitbodies of Lycogala epidendrum are at first pinkish-gray to bright cinnabar-red when young. They are inedible.
Found in a unknown tree in the zoo.
They are inedible.
would you like to add this nice specimen of a slime mold/myxomycete ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold ) to the mission :
Slime Moulds of the World ( http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8322... )
Spotted on Feb 8, 2012
Submitted on Feb 13, 2012
