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Fungi
Small pink cushions on rotten logs that ooze pink paste when young.
Field facts
HabitatRotten logs in damp woods
RangeStatewide
When to lookMay to October
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesSmall puffballs, Insect egg masses
Field note: Not a fungus at all — a slime mold that crawls before it fruits.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Squeezing one destroys it; look but leave.
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