Lycogala epidendrum
Blood milk mushroom ( Lycogala epidendrum )
The blood lactic fungus ( Lycogala epidendrum ) is a protist from the class of slime molds.
Description
The similar in shape to small Stäublingen or puffballs fruiting bodies ( Aethalium ) of blood milk mushroom is sessile, spherical or cushion -shaped with a diameter of 3 to 15 mm. He stands singly or in dense groups. Its outer skin (Cortex ) is shell-like thin and light warty. The fruiting body is initially soft and light pink, and later becomes reddish gray, then yellow-brown to blackish. When ripe it bursts on uneven and the spores are dust free. The spherical spores are 6 to 7.5 microns wide, initially pinkish gray, later pale ocher. Its surface is reticulate.
The Pseudocapillitium consists of branched - anastomos grown, long, flattened tubes that have distinct transverse folds. The main branches at the base of a diameter of 12 to 25 micrometers, the side branches a 6-12 The numerous non- mature ends are blunt or clavate. The Plasmodium coral.
Occurrence
The blood lactic fungus is distributed worldwide. It is common and grows from May to October on tree stumps and trunks lying.