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wolf's milk or groening's slime

Lycogala epidendrum

Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

Salmon pink mushrooms, about 1/4 inch in diameter, on a log in a state park on the S Oregon Coast

Habitat:

Coastal forest

Notes:

The photo didn't capture quite the depth of color. These were quite pink

Species ID Suggestions

Wolf's Milk Slime Mold

Lycogala epidendrum

Comments (3)

yeah - oops... fingers and brain not in sync
You have no idea how much an identified species drives me nuts - has since I was a tiny child

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