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Protozoa: Mycetozoa: Myxomycetes: Physarales: Didymiaceae: Mucilago crustacea F.H.Wigg., 1780

Mucilago crustacea – Dog sick slime mold

Synonyms: Diderma spumariiforme, Didymium spumarioides, Mucilago dictyospora, Mucilago spongiosa, Mucor spongiosus, Reticularia alba, Spumaria alba, Spumaria cornuta, Spumaria mucilago, Spumaria solida.

Common name: dog sick slime mold.

Russian name: Mutsilago korkovyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Mucilago crustacea is a form of slime mould, in the monotypic genus Mucilago, in the family Didymiidae. Due to its visual resemblance to canine vomit, it is known colloquially as the "dog sick slime mould" or "dog sick fungus", albeit that slime moulds are not true fungi.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Dog Sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>, "damp washing powder", or "semolina") between Orekhovo and Lembolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-07-27.htm">July 27, 2016</A>
LinkDog Sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea, "damp washing powder", or "semolina") between Orekhovo and Lembolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 27, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia
Dog Sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>)(?) in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-08-31.htm">August 31, 2016</A>
LinkDog Sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea)(?) in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 31, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Vaskelovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188695
Dog Sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>)(?) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-09-24.htm">September 24, 2016</A>
LinkDog Sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea)(?) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2016
Location on mapsAptekarskaya nab., 6, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-06.htm">July 6, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 6, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) in swampy area in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-06.htm">July 6, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) in swampy area in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 6, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-09.htm">July 9, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Vyritsa, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188381
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-14.htm">July 14, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 14, 2017
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-16.htm">July 16, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-25.htm">July 25, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 25, 2017
Location on mapsNovyy per., Kavgolovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188667
Black spore mass of dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) along a road around Kavgolovskoe Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-25.htm">July 25, 2017</A>
LinkBlack spore mass of dog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) along a road around Kavgolovskoe Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 25, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Dog sick slime mold (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>)(?) on cowberry near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-10.htm">September 10, 2017</A>
LinkDog sick slime mold (Mucilago crustacea)(?) on cowberry near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Vyritsa, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188382
Dog sick slime mold (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) in a swamp at Kavgolovskoe Lake (Syariunlakhti), near Toksovo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2024-07-26.htm">July 26, 2024</A>
LinkDog sick slime mold (Mucilago crustacea) in a swamp at Kavgolovskoe Lake (Syariunlakhti), near Toksovo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2024
Location on maps188667, Рапполово, Leningrad, Russia
Dog sick slime mould (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) among dry leaves and fallen sticks on the ground in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2024-07-30.htm">July 30, 2024</A>
LinkDog sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) among dry leaves and fallen sticks on the ground in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024
Location on mapsПарк «Сосновка», Светлановский просп., Saint Petersburg, 194354, Russia
Dog sick slime mold (<B>Mucilago crustacea</B>) at the base of a spruce in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2024-08-02.htm">August 2, 2024</A>
LinkDog sick slime mold (Mucilago crustacea) at the base of a spruce in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 2, 2024
Location on mapsRussia, Saint Petersburg, Сестрорецк, 197701, Песчаная Улица 1

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Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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