Where’s Wildlife · Related Woodland Organisms
Tubifera sp.
Pronounced (approx.): too-BIF-er-uh
Likely identification. This entry is excluded from quiz questions.
Red bead-like masses spread across a decaying log.
Raspberry Slime Mold. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
LIKELY IDENTIFICATION
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
Dense red bead-like clusters
Many tiny structures packed together
Growing on decaying wood
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
The photograph is labeled likely Tubifera sp. The former “Tiny Mushroom” title was misleading. The species is unresolved.
Slime molds are not true fungi. This related woodland organism is included for comparison and is excluded from mushroom quiz questions.
Damp, decaying wood. Recorded here without a confirmed date.
The visible clusters are a reproductive stage. Similar Tubifera species cannot be reliably separated from this photograph alone.
Dense red bead-like clusters.
Growing on decaying wood.
This gallery retains a likely identification and is excluded from quiz questions.
These photographs were taken in Illinois or Wisconsin; the exact location of each image is unconfirmed. The observation map provides wider context.
Explore reported sightings on iNaturalist. Observation records are not a complete range map.
Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
Identification notes & comments
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