red raspberry slime mold
(Tubifera ferruginosa)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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| Occurrence | Common and widespread |
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| Season | June through November |
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| Habitat/Hosts | Rotted logs and moss |
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| Identification | The fruiting body is a plump, pillow-shaped mass of tightly-packed, oblong, spore-producing structures (sporangia). Each sporangium is oblong, ⅛″ to 3 ⁄16″ (3 to 5 mm) high, and less 1 ⁄64″ (0.5 mm) wide. The mass (pseudoaethalium) has a knobby, raspberry-like surface and can be up to 6″ or more in length. It is held to the substrate by white stalk-like structures, but unlike fungi, it does not penetrate the substrate. It is pink to bright red when young, becoming purplish, then clay-brown, and finally brown at maturity. It is not edible. |
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| Taxonomy | No Rank: |
Amoebozoa |
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Mycetozoa |
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Myxogastria (plasmodial slime molds) |
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Liceales |
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Family: |
Reticulariaceae |
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Tubifera ferruginosa is a species complex containing at least seven species; T. ferruginosa sensu stricto, T. applanata, T. corymbosa, T. dudkae, T. magna, T. montana and T. pseudomicrosperma. |
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| Synonyms | Tubulifera arachnoidea |
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| Common Names |
red raspberry slime red raspberry slime mold |
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Glossary
Sporangium
A spore bearing structure, as of a fern, moss, or slime mold. Plural: sporangia.
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| What Is This Red Raspberry Slime? Learn Your Land |
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Published on Jun 5, 2017 While walking through the woods, I discovered this red raspberry slime on a log. What is it, and what's it doing here? Check out the video to learn more! Follow Adam Haritan online here: |
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| Tubifera ferruginosa sporangia development Daniel Brunner |
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Published on Oct 18, 2010 Time lapse video of the slime mold Tubifera ferruginosa developing a sporangium. Original time approx. 72 h |
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| Tubifera arachnoidea - 2016-04-17 Westdelta |
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Published on Apr 21, 2016 (Tubifera arachnoidea). Also known as: Tubifera ferruginosa, Tubulifera arachnoidea. Geo location: 52.04944 4.21445 |
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| Alfredo Colon 7/29/2018 |
Location: Woodbury, Minnesota |
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| Kirk Nelson 6/25/2018 |
Location: Lebanon Hills Regional Park |
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