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Tapioca Slime Mold

Brefeldia maxima

Photo by Jeffrey Gray
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Field Notes

Description:

Not technically a fungus

Habitat:

Growing on a dead tree

Notes:

Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve, Sonoma, County, California http://www.sonomaecologycenter.org/

Reference Links:

Brefeldia maxima

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
gully.moy
Looks like a Slime Mould. Something like Brefeldia maxima?

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Flora and Fauna of California Wilderness
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Northern California Flora and Fauna
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Slime Molds
Photographed
PublishedApril 28, 2014

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