Monday, June 19, 2006

Lycogala epidendrum

Wolf's-milk Slime
Frontenac Provincial Park
27 May 2006

Just to give you an idea of how difficult identification of mushrooms can be - I checked five guides and found this mushroom in only one guide, even though that guide listed it as widely distributed in North America.

2 comments:

Jace Stansbury said...

Gregg,

So that's what this fungus is called. I found this awhile back growing on a downed pine tree, photographed it but was unable to id it. Looks like you did it for me. Thanks!

Jace

www.naturejournals@blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

That is a slime mold; it is not actually a mushroom or a fungus, which is why it did not show up in the guides.