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White Slime Mold

Enteridium lycoperdon

Photo by JeanSawatzky
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47.1198, -122.777

Field Notes

Description:

White cotton-looking substance with a sheen on some areas. Growing on debris on the forest floor.

Habitat:

Pacific temperate rain forest of Fir, Hemlock, Red Alder, and Bigleaf Maple. Understory of Sword Fern and Oregon Grape.

Notes:

Doesn't look like any other slime molds I have found.

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