Synonyms: Licea perreptans, Reticularia maxima.
Common name: Tapioca Slime Mold.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Brefeldia maxima is a species of non-parasitic plasmodial slime mold, and a member of the class Myxomycetes. It is commonly known as the tapioca slime mold because of its peculiar pure white, tapioca pudding-like appearance. A common species with a worldwide distribution, particularly in North America and Europe. It is often found on bark after heavy rain or excessive watering. Their spores are produced on or in aerial sporangia and are spread by wind, however beetles of the family Lathridiidae are also reported to disperse the spores. Bonner states that soil invertebrates and rain mainly disperse spores as they are sticky and unlikely to be carried by air currents.
Danish: Kæmpeklat, Finnish: Rakkonen, Polish: Siatecznica okazała.
Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2018
Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima)(?) on a log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2018Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Close up of Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2018Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Old brown colony of Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2018Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Mature dry olive-brown sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022Midyett, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Black sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log without bark on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022Midyett, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Margin of black sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022Midyett, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Cross section of black sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022Midyett, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima from mature olive-brown sporangia in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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