Protozoa: Mycetozoa: Myxomycetes: Physarales: Physaraceae: Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers., 1794

Physarum cinereum

Synonyms: Badhamia calvescens, Badhamia cinerea, Didymium cinereum, Didymium oxalinum, Didymium scrobiculatum, Lignydium capense, Lignydium cinereum, Lycoperdon cinereum, Physarum capense, Physarum conglobatum, Physarum plumbeum, Physarum scrobiculatum, Physarum violaceum.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass or beet but is not a pathogen.

Belarusian: Фізарум попельны.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Slime mold Physarum cinereum covering grass in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Black covering of grass by slime mold Physarum cinereum in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Slime mold Physarum cinereum on grass in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

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