Lycogala epidendrum, commonly known as wolf's milk or groening's slime, is a cosmopolitan species of myxogastrid amoeba which is often mistaken for a fungus. The aethalia, or fruiting bodies, occur either scattered or in groups on damp rotten wood, especially on large logs, from June to November.

Lycogala is a genus of Amoebozoa, including the species Lycogala epidendrum. [2]

Lycogala epidendrum is one of the most widely distributed and well-known slime molds. The fruiting bodies resemble puffballs but are much smaller. If an immature fruiting body is broken open, the contents ooze out as a pink slimy substance that has the consistency of toothpaste.

Description: The globose to subglobose or compressed fruitbodies of Lycogala epidendrum are at first pinkish-gray

Lycogala epidendrum, commonly known as wolf's milk, groening's slime is a cosmopolitan species of plasmodial slime mould which is often mistaken for a fungus. The aethalia, or fruiting bodies, occur either scattered or in groups on damp rotten wood, especially on large logs, from June to …

Based on a study of 255 collections from four continents and four floristic kingdoms, we describe 15 new species of the genus Lycogala. The new species, all morphologically close to L. epidendrum, L. exiguum, and L. confusum, differ from each other by the structure of the peridium and, in some cases, also by the color of the fresh spore mass ...

Found after rains on well-rotted logs throughout the Midwest (and the rest of North America), Lycogala epidendrum is probably our continent's most frequently noticed slime mold. The fruiting bodies, called "aethalia," are round and pink at first, but they become gray to brownish with age.

摘要 基于对来自四大洲和四个植物界的 255 个收藏品的研究，我们描述了Lycogala属的 15 个新种。 这些新种在形态上均与L. epidendrum、L. exiguum和L. confusum相似，但彼此之间的区别在于包被的结构，在某些情况下，还在于新鲜孢子团的颜色和孢子的纹饰。

本品为假丝菌科真菌粉瘤菌的子实体。 拉丁植物名：Lycogala epidendrum (L.)Fr. [Lycoperdon epidendrum L.]采收和储藏：春、夏季采，洗净，鲜用或晒干。 功能主治为：清热消炎。 主粘膜发炎。 本品为假丝菌科真菌粉瘤菌的子实体。 拉丁植物名：Lycogala epidendrum (L.)Fr. [Lycoperdon epidendrum L.]采收和储藏：春、夏季采，洗净，鲜用或晒干。 淡；微寒。 清热消炎。 主粘膜发炎。 子实体为块状复孢囊，密集或散生。 近球形，无柄，直径2-15mm。 粉灰色 …

Lycogala epidendrum 是最广为人知的粘菌纲物种之一，也是该组中首次发现的代表。 使用来自欧洲、亚洲、北美洲和中美洲以及澳大利亚的 330 个标本馆标本的 687 个原始 DNA 序列，我们构建了 Lycogala 属的第一个详细系统发育，基于两个独立遗传的遗传标记，即核糖体小亚基 18S rRNA 核基因（ 18S rDNA) 和线粒体细胞色素氧化酶亚基 I 基因 (COI)。 在这两个系统发育中， L. epidendrum 似乎是一个多系群，由许多进化枝代表。 该属的其他四种公认物种（L. confusum …