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Photo#256895
Slime Mold
Copyright © 2009 bandt

Slime Mold
North Hatley, Eastern Townships County, Quebec, Canada
May 28, 2006
Size: 1 inch
Is this an egg case? Found on a dead elm tree trunk 4 ft from the ground, north side end of May 2006. Located in southern Quebec, about 40 miles north of the Vermont/Quebec border.Can anyone identify?
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Contributed by bandt on 6 March, 2009 - 9:02pm
Last updated 13 December, 2009 - 10:27am

Enteridium lycoperdon?
Looks like Enteridium lycoperdon, a slime mold.
… Colin Purrington, 20 December, 2016 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Solved mysteries -- not bug-related after all!.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 December, 2009 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Egg sac
It seems awfully large for a spider egg sac?
… Lynette Elliott, 12 December, 2009 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
Slime mold
That's why it's in this section--see guide page.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 December, 2009 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I wasn't sure what had been decided. I change the title to make it clear.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 December, 2009 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unsolved bug-related mysteries. Thanks Kathie--I've created a new section for images that I think are worth keeping around, of objects that seemed like they could have been "bug"-related but aren't after all.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 October, 2009 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

it's a slime mold
I'm no slime mold expert, but I bet this is Enteridium or Reticularia. If you broke it open it would've been full of tiny, powdery spores.
… Kathie Hodge, 27 October, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Enteridium lycoperdon?
I agree with you about Enteridium.
… Colin Purrington, 20 December, 2016 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

???
This is a most perplexing thing. It could possibly be a spider egg sac, and I suppose that's about the only option unless it's some sort of fungus. It doesn't closely resemble any I've seen. Your photo made it to the back page of ID Request without anyone commenting, so evidently you've got everybody stumped. I've moved it to the "unsolved bug-related mysteries" page for the time being to save it from being deleted. I will keep an eye out for other things like this... if you ever find another, it would be worth taking a peek inside.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 April, 2009 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

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