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Curtis E. Young, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5495048

slime mold (Genus Lycogala Pers.) Pers.

Photographer:
Curtis E. Young
Organization:
The Ohio State University
Descriptor:
Fruiting Bodies
Description:
Saprobe slime mold. Grows as scattered single globes to clustered globes tightly packed together on well-rotted wood. Note purple spore color from broken open fruiting bodies.  SR 31 rest stop, Union County, Ohio.
Image type:
Field
Host:
deadwood and snags ( )

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Image location:
, United States, Ohio

Subject

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Myxomycota
Class: Myxomycetes
Order: Liceales
Family: Reticulariaceae
Genus: Lycogala
Subject: Lycogala spp. Pers.

Host


There is no applicable taxonomy of higher classification for this subject.
Node Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Image uploaded:
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Image last updated:
Friday, April 26, 2013