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Wolfs Milk

lycogala

Wolfs Milk is a fascinating fungus that looks like a blob of jelly! It can be found in damp, wooded areas and has a unique, milky substance inside.

Lebensraum: Wolfs Milk thrives in moist, wooded environments, often found on decaying logs and leaf litter.

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The Wolfs Milk is a small, pink to peach-colored globule that looks like tiny drops of liquid. It later turns greyish-brown and powdery. Its distinctive bubble-gum-like appearance makes it stand out on decaying wood.

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Wolfs Milk
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Wolfs Milk

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Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

It's not a true fungus, but a fascinating slime mold!

Its pink "milk" is actually a gooey, internal liquid!

These tiny balls help recycle nutrients in forests!

They start life as a creeping, single-celled blob!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Color Transformer

Wolfs Milk can change from pink liquid to grey powder because its internal structure develops spores.

Fähigkeit

Spore Cannon

Wolfs Milk has a unique peridium that helps them burst to release their powdery spores into the air.

Fähigkeit

Shape Shifter

Wolfs Milk can appear as a blob, then harden into a bumpy ball because it matures from a plasmodium.

Maße und Details

Höhe
0.3-1.5 cm
Edibility
inedible
Wachstumssubstrat
wood
Saison
Spring to fall
Sporenfarbe
Pinkish-brown

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Hay Bacillus

Bacillus subtilis

Engulfed by Wolfs Milk plasmodium for nutrients.

depends on

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Thrives on the decaying wood of various oak trees.

eats

Fungus Gnat

Bradysia impatiens

Larvae may feed on its spores and moist fruiting bodies.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

LycogalaWolf's Milk FungusWolf's Milk Slime

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Do not eat this fungus, as it is not food!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Wolfs Milk?

0.3-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das edibility von Wolfs Milk?

inedible

Wo findet man Wolfs Milk normalerweise?

Wolfs Milk thrives in moist, wooded environments, often found on decaying logs and leaf litter.

Was ist der/die/das wachstumssubstrat von Wolfs Milk?

wood

Was ist der/die/das saison von Wolfs Milk?

Spring to fall

Was ist der/die/das sporenfarbe von Wolfs Milk?

Pinkish-brown

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