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Insect Egg Slime Mold

Leocarpus fragilis

Photo by Tom15
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

This slime mold starts out as a group of small round balls that resemble a mass of insect eggs. Later they open up into a fuzzy mass in the second picture.

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Comments (3)
Tom15
Thanks António. Slime molds are interesting, but most are difficult ti identify, except for ones like this.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great find Tom,slime molds are super :-)congrats and thanks for sharing

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PublishedOctober 23, 2014

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