#lycogala

[wild-e-eep]

Some very young wolf's milk slime moulds massing on a dead ash tree. They go dark brown as they mature.

[myxomycota]

Lycogala conicum by allthingsfungi

[rattyexplores]

Slime mold growing on the side of a cubby house.

13/01/24 - Lycogala sp.

QLD:WET

[microcosmicobservations]

I like to let organisms complete their life cycles, but sometimes you just gotta pop open the fruiting body of a wolf's milk slime mold

[titipounamu]

wolf's milk slime mold / Lycogala epidendrum • aotearoa

[futurebird]

I'm getting more and more confused by slime molds. They aren't fungi. But what the heck are they? Amoebas I guess?

Wolf's milk slime mold

[mushroomgay]

Epping Forest, UK, February 2024

Wolf's milk (Lycogala epidendrum)

This is one of the few slime moulds I know by name, it being relatively easy to identify on sight. If anyone knows why it's called that I'd love to know!

[haikuckuck]

Blutmilchpilz, Schleimpilz, fortgeschrittenes Stadium der jung hellrosanen "Kugeln"

[theyoungwaldschrat]

Asplenium trichomanes - maidenhair spleenwort Cladonia digitata - finger cup lichen Lycogala epidendrum - wolf's milch / groening's slime

[orofeaiel]

Wolf's Milk

[wild-e-eep]

Had a good flush of wolf's milk slime moulds in the woods last month - images show development from 14th April to 23rd April and on to 2nd May

[myxomycota]

Lobella sauteri eating Lycogala conicum

by m.k_matto

[rattyexplores]

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold

Lycogala epidendrum

22/02/23

[geopsych]

Saw this cute fungus on a walk to the nearby woods this morning. I didn’t see many birds but the bird app said there was a winter wren and a brown creeper along with the regulars. And above me in the highest branches I could see tiny birds moving around. The app said they were gold crowned kinglets. There was a truck beeping somewhere and someone was mowing the park on a riding mower but the woods seemed to muffle everything else and for a little while it was just me and those kinglets flitting among the changing leaves in the sun way far above me. For a few moments everything almost seemed okay.

Edit: Thanks to some alert commenters and rebloggers I have learned that these are slime mold fruiting bodies of the species Lycogala epidendrum, the wolf’s milk slime mold. So cool!

[lost-fool-wandering]

Vlčí mléko červené / Lycogala epidendrum / wolf's milk

-L.F.

[haikuckuck]

Blutmilchpilz,Schleimpilz