These are the same species, Lycogala epidendrum AKA Wolf’s Milk Slime, sporulating on another log. These just crawled up to the surface within the last few days (May 2015).
Wolf’s Milk Slime
Wolf’s Milk Slime
Wolf’s Milk Slime
Wolf’s Milk Slime
Wolf’s Milk Slime
Wolf’s Milk Slime
Wolf’s Milk Slime
They started turning brown today.
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
I decided to look inside of one.
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
I believe that they are Wolf’s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum).
This is how they ripen:
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Same species; different log.
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Wolf’s milk slime mold
Inside of one of those balls