Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Wild Mushrooms of Ainsworth: Chocolate Tube Slime

ChocolateTubeSlime
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I found a slime! And I didn't even have to go looking for it; it came to my house, or more strictly, to the piece of an elm-tree trunk that I use as a chair outside my back door.

This started out pinkish, which really confused me at first, but very quickly it turned chocolate-colored. My mushroom book doesn't say whether it's poisonous.

Also known as Pipe-Cleaner Slime, because those tubes look like miniature pipe-cleaners.

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