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Wolf's Milk Slime Mold: Harmless Mulch Fungus

Pink/gray globes on hardwood mulch = wolf's milk slime mold. Appears briefly in ideal conditions, vanishes. Harmless to plants and people. Name origin unknown—make up your own story.

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