First slime mold of the year!

[urbpan]

I saw these little guys from a long way off--they looked almost traffic cone orange! This is wolf's milk slime mold Lycogala epidendrum.


Little cushions look smooth from a distance but are textured close up.

Comments

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Is THAT what that is? I've heard a couple colloquial names, but I didn't realize that it was a slime mold.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Indeed! Wolf's milk and dog vomit are the two slime molds I can guarantee I'll see every year.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's awfully pretty for a slime mold. And ... has more form than I'd expect a slime mold to have. I imagine slime molds as being all slithery.

[twirlingtulip.livejournal.com]

Your nature posts are always really cool!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Thank you!