Dog vomit slime mold
Fuligo septica
52.0024, 5.78614
Field Notes
Description:
Slime mold. The cells of this species typically aggregate to form a plasmodium, a multinucleate mass of undifferentiated cells that may move in an ameboid-like fashion during the search for nutrients. F. septicas plasmodium may be anywhere from white to yellow-gray, typically 2.5–20 cm in diameter, and 1–3 cm thick.
Habitat:
Trees in forests.
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