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MushroomMAP:   150
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2330CA
Observer:   Altenroxel Bernardine Alice
Date of record:   2010-01-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A number of very small mushrooms / fungi which appeared on the soil surface. The blue object on the right is the cap of a lip-ice container.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   352430
Species name:   Lycogala epidendrum
Common name:   Bubblegum, toothpaste slime
Family:   Tubiferaceae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MushroomMAP-150
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 150 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Liz POPICH
Comment:   Slime mould.
Date:   2016-02-07 17:05:00
Species name:   Lycogala epidendrum -- Bubblegum, toothpaste slime
Species code:   352430

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