Boston Mycological Club

Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr.

Other names:

Wolf's milk slime
Toothpaste slime

Description:

A pretty slime mold that shows up as bright pink blobs on rotten wood. In a few days, they darken to a coffee brown and turn into brown dust and the structures disperse.

References:

Barron - Mushrooms of Northeast North America; page 45
Lincoff - Audubon Field Guide to North American Mushrooms; page 848

Images:

Collected 2001-07-22, Stow, MA; Woodhead Farm One of the "blobs" has been squeezed so that the bright pink "goo" inside can be seen.