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Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html" title="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/69848_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1718236810&Signature=F5sv2cwyXleSnnc6CbeWQx2Z5yE%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. Some had already burst out through the little holes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69850/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf&#039;s milk,slime mold" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69850/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html" title="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/69850_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1718236810&Signature=Y7HJcuaNJWau%2BwNA4Oz4JiWip5c%3D" width="200" height="166" alt="Wolf&#039;s Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf&#039;s milk" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf's milk Click/tap to enlarge

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum

Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.

Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. Some had already burst out through the little holes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69850/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf's milk,slime mold

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold - Lycogala epidendrum Mature, brown aethalia with a powdery mass of lavender spores inside. When pressed, the spores burst out. I tried to get a video, but my cell phone battery chose that moment to die.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous, swampy forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69848/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69849/wolfs_milk_slime_mold_-_lycogala_epidendrum.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycogala epidendrum,United States,Wolf's milk

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Amazing how you captured the burst, it's like an inception of layers of wind. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks Ferdy! They were perfect and so ready to burst! I would have liked to get more/better shots, but I had a creeper following me and wanted to move on asap. Situations like that make me wish that I lived in a more remote place where I would have to worry more about wild animals than wild men. Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
        Flown Kimmerling
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        T_T Scaryyyy! Posted 5 years ago
        1. View Christine Young's profile
          Christine Young
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          Yep. And, incredibly annoying. I wasn't finished with my hike and didn't want to have to leave! Posted 5 years ago
      3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        That sounds awful, good thinking to move on. Perhaps none of my business, but do you carry something to protect yourself, other than a pocket knife? Posted 5 years ago
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          Christine Young
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          I do - I carry pepper spray. I've only had to use it once, but it definitely accomplished its purpose! Posted 5 years ago
          1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
            Ferdy Christant
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            Sad that you had to use it, but good that you have it! Posted 5 years ago
            1. View Christine Young's profile
              Christine Young
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              True! You hope you'll never need to use it, but are so glad to have it when you do need it. Posted 5 years ago

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Lycogala epidendrum 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.

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Similar species: Liceales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Nov 26, 2018. Captured Nov 25, 2018 11:57 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.