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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms) |
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MYXOMYCOTA (slime moulds) |
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MYXOMYCETES (slime moulds) |
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LICEALES (an order of slime moulds) |
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RETICULARIACEAE (a family of slime moulds) |
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Lycogala (a genus of slime moulds) |
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Lycogala terrestre (Wolf's Milk) |
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Lycogala terrestre is also a member of: |
| Fungi sl. |
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Micromycetes (via Myxomycota) |
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Lower Plants (via Fungi sl.) |
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Lycogala terrestre Fr., 1817 (Wolf's Milk)
Further Information
| Notes (MWS) | The pale buff or pink aethalia are very common on damp rotting wood. The commonest species of the genus in Britain. Formerly not distinguished from the less frequent L. epidendrum. |
| Field indications | The pink plasmodium, pale aethalia and pink spore mass separate it from L. epidendrum. |
| Diagnostic features | The fragile pseudocapillitial tubes are 12-25µm diam (8-12µm in L. epidendrum). |
| Similar species | L. epidendrum. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
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| Lycogala terrestre | Sporocarp | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 May 2004 | Cambridge | England |
| Lycogala terrestre | Sporocarp | 2 | 2 | 8 May 2004 | Cambridge | England | |
| Lycogala terrestre | 1 | 1 | 27 May 1979 | Surrey | England | ||
| Lycogala terrestre | 1 | 1 | 23 Apr 1977 | North Hampshire | England |
Suggested Literature
Lycogala terrestre may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms) |
MYXOMYCOTA (slime moulds) |
MYXOMYCETES (slime moulds) |
| Fungi sl. |
