#tapioca slime mold

[myxomycota]

Brefeldia maxima / tapioca slime mold

by purplesquid

[ifelten]

Kæmpeklat (Brefeldia maxima)

Tapioca Slime Mold (Brefeldia maxima)

[myxomycota]

Brefeldia maxima - tapioca slime mold

by Meg Madden

[myxomycota]

Brefeldia maxima by fungispot

“Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima) is a species of non-parasitic plasmodial slime mold, and a member of the class Myxomycetes. It is commonly known as tapioca slime mold because of its peculiar pure white, tapioca pudding-like appearance. A common species with a worldwide distribution, particularly in North America and Europe. It is often found on bark after heavy rain or excessive watering. Their spores are produced on or in aerial sporangia and are spread by wind, however beetles of the family Lathridiidae are also reported to disperse the spores.”