Enteridium lycoperdon

Enteridium lycoperdon
A fairly round, whitish structure growing on woody debris
Reticularia lycoperdon growing on cypress duff
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Liceales
Family: Reticulariaceae
Genus: Enteridium
Species:
E. lycoperdon
Binomial name
Enteridium lycoperdon
Synonyms

Fuligo lycoperdon (Bull.) Schumach
Lycogala punctata Pers.
Lycogala turbinata Pers.
Mucor lycogalus Bolton
Reticularia lycoperdon Bull.
Reticularia umbrina Fr.[1]
Strongylium fuliginoides (Pers.) Ditmar

Enteridium lycoperdon, the false puffball, is one of the more obvious species of slime mould or Myxogastria, typically seen in its reproductive phase as a white 'swelling' on standing dead trees in the spring, or on large pieces of fallen wood. Alder (Alnus glutinosa) is a common host.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ChampYves was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lairich Rig. "A slime mould - Enteridium lycoperdon". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2010-05-09.