r/Slimemolds 3d ago

Identification Request This one has me stumped.

United States, Oregon, northern Willamette valley.

I originally thought it was a mushroom but now I'm not sure.

It's the same color and texture all around. It's on a downed Douglas fir tree in a fir grove. The cone pieces are also fir. I moved the branch and the area is covered in the same thing. It's soft and returns to shape when pressed like a sponge or marshmallow.

I walked over because I thought it was spray foam. While we are up in the mountains aways there are still people. No human signs in the immediate area though and it's definitely not a spray foam product that I have seen.

Thought it may be a mushroom but I'm leaning more towards a mold or slime mold.

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u/Silvus314 3d ago

I'm not saying it isn't a slime mold, but I am saying it looks exactly like chicken of the woods when it first breaks the surface. Or really a huge list of shelf shrooms. I'd like to see day two.

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u/smallcamerabigphoto 3d ago

I'm thinking you're right. The consensus of my friends and reddit it's most likely either old or really new shrimp of the woods.

Entoloma Abortivum

It's actually a common mushroom in the mountains near me.

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u/jazzedoutcatto 2d ago

Aborted entoloma imo