12/Oct/24, 1:25 PM
Soodla jõgi, Harjumaa, Estonia
Pine-spruce-birch-juniper wooded heath, on dry conifer stump
59°23'11.1"N 25°23'38.1"E
🔆 Occasional sun, partly cloudy, open spot
Original Instagram postTubifera ferruginosa
raspberry slime mold
- Scientific identification
- Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch) J.F.Gmel., 1792
- Family
- Tubiferaceae
- Class
- Myxogastria
- Genus
- Tubifera
Names across languages
- English: raspberry slime mold
- German: Lachsfarbene Schleimpilz
- Finnish: Kutunen
- Estonian: Vaarika liivamood
- Russian: Тубифера ржавая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-10-12.
Plasmodium Phase
The active, feeding phase appears as a moist, slimy, gelatinous mass, usually pale pink to reddish, slowly moving across decaying wood and consuming microorganisms
Fruiting Bodies
Forms dense, crowded, cushion-shaped to cylindrical sporangia, initially bright pink to red, transitioning to orange, rust-red, or dark brown as they mature, with a dry, granular surface
Description
Spore mass powdery and rusty-brown in mature fruiting bodies
Ecology
Saprobic, found on decaying logs, stumps, and wood debris, late spring to autumn, favoring moist, shaded environments
Edibility
Inedible
Fruit body
Fruiting body individual sporangia are 2–20 mm long and 1–2 mm wide, entire clusters may span several centimeters across
Odour
Odour indistinct or slightly earthy
Microscopy
Spores spherical, finely warted, 6–8 µm, interconnected by a capillitium network
Overview
Strikingly vibrant slime mold that transitions from gelatinous pink plasmodium to dense, colorful fruiting masses
Syst. nat. 2:1472
Field encounters
Source hashtags
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