#lycogala

[myxomycota]

Lycogala conicum by allthingsfungi

[wild-e-eep]

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

[rattyexplores]

Slime mold growing on the side of a cubby house.

13/01/24 - Lycogala sp.

QLD:WET

[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

[myxomycota]

Lobella sauteri eating Lycogala conicum

by m.k_matto

[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

[rattyexplores]

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold

Lycogala epidendrum

22/02/23

[boobookittenartblog]

“Pink Pearl Slime Mold,” Lycogala epidendrum

photograph by Marian Spencer

[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!

[titipounamu]

wolf's milk/Lycogala epidendrum • aotearoa

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I have been loving the slime molds popping up this season! I've mostly just been finding Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa and Fuligo septica, but they've been out in force. (I also managed to get an entire class of about ten adults to all gently poke a Lycogala epidendrum to see how it feels different from fungi, which I found vastly entertaining.)