red raspberry slime mold
(Tubifera ferruginosa)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Red raspberry slime mold 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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Habitat and Hosts |
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Rotted logs and moss |
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Biology |
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June through November |
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Common and widespread |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Protozoa (protozoans) | ||
| Phylum | Mycetozoa (slime molds) | ||
| Class | Myxomycetes (true slime molds) | ||
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Liceales | ||
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Tubiferaceae | ||
Genus |
Tubifera | ||
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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Subordinate Taxa |
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red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa ssp. acutissima) red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa var. albostipitata) red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa var. complanata) red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa var. ferruginosa) red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa var. subungulata) |
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Synonyms |
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Tubulifera arachnoidea |
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Common Names |
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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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| Tubifera ferruginosa patouch40 |
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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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Karen Olson |
Location: Kramer Lake & Wildwood Park, Stearns County |
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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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Created: 7/6/2018
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