common coral slime
From the latest record: 2026-07-25.
Watery, translucent to whitish, sometimes faintly yellowish or pinkish
Dense colonies of erect, simple to repeatedly branched, finger- or coral-shaped columns; gelatinous and translucent at first, later white, cream or pale yellow
The spores are produced openly on the outer surface rather than enclosed within a sporangium
Macroscopic columns sessile on a confluent, mucilaginous hypothallus; each individual spore supported by a delicate microscopic pedicel
Spore mass white to pale yellow
On moist, heavily decayed logs, stumps, branches and other plant debris, often appearing in extensive clustered sheets after rain; late spring to autumn
Amoeboflagellate cells → multinucleate plasmodium → coral-like sporophores bearing external stalked spores → spores germinate to release amoeboid or flagellated cells
Tiny, gelatinous slime mould with no culinary value
Individual columns approximately 1–10 mm tall and ~0.2–1 mm wide; colonies may spread across many centimetres of decaying wood
Spores smooth, thin-walled, hyaline to very pale yellow, globose, ovoid or ellipsoid, approximately 6–8 × 10–13 µm; borne individually on slender pedicels about 7–20 µm long; true capillitium absent
Common coral slime forming delicate white, frost-covered miniature antlers or icicles on wet rotten wood
Macbride, T. H. (1899). -. N. Amer. Slime-Moulds, Ed. 1 18.
Toosikannu, Jõeküla, Järva, Eesti
Mixed primeval forest (Spruce, Pine, Alder, Birch), on wet broken hardwood log pulp
58°48'10.4"N 25°03'05.3"E
🌡️ 19°C ☁️ Dark clouds before rain 💨 Wind 200° SSW->NNE, 19 km/h
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