Species
Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s milk)
Lycogala epidendrum. Photo: (c) Susan Elliott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Lycogala epidendrum, commonly known as wolf’s milk, groening’s slime is a cosmopolitan species of plasmodial slime mould which is often mistaken for a fungus. The aethalia, or fruiting bodies, occur either scattered or in groups on damp rotten wood, especially on large logs, from June to November. These aethalia are small, pink to brown cushion-like globs. They may excrete a pink paste if the outer wall is broken before maturity. When mature, the colour tends to…
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