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Tubifera ferruginosa

Tubifera sp

Photo by LarsKorb
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Description:

Slime mould, spotted it in the forest on shredded conifer-deadwood.
And yes, the coral-like color is real...

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
LuckyLogan
Hey Lars! There is a new global mission for slime molds http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/43573086 If you could add other spottings as well, that would be awesome. Thanks.
LarsKorb
Added to "Slime moulds" mission
LarsKorb
Added to mission "Beauty of Decay"
LarsKorb
Thanks a lot, Clive, for the ID.
auntnance123
OOO, that's a nice one too. But I was referring to: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7053346
LarsKorb
You mean this one, auntnance ? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6848823 Yes, it's ID'd
auntnance123
Lars, did you ever get a lead on the yellow fungus? you posted previously?
LarsKorb
Thanks for the direction, Dan
Dan Doucette
Lars, I don't have any ID books for European fungi but from the Audubon guide to N. American mushrooms, this looks a lot like Red Raspberry slime - Tubifera ferruginosa http://images.google.com/imgres?q=tubifera+ferruginosa&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1276&bih=680&tbm=isch&tbnid=OqxFJfzlzvZMmM:&imgrefurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/tubifera-ferruginosa-picture-6046.html&docid=VW7HVsbdrpr7fM&w=600&h=426&ei=xdtHTsPDKMffsQLAtIGSCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=513&vpy=91&dur=2242&hovh=189&hovw=267&tx=179&ty=110&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=183&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0
JVM
what a pretty color!

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Slime Moulds of the World
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PublishedAugust 14, 2011

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