Help! What is this...?

[Robert L. Chehey]

Here's my guess:  It is transforming plasmodia of Lycogala epidendrum or
Tubifera ferruginosa.   Both are common slime-molds.  The former is very
common in PNW forests, and when ripe, looks like little red BBs.
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Robert L. Chehey
MAILTO:cheheyr at cableone.net
Boise, ID, USA, USDA Zones 6a, 6b. Heat zone 7
Cold, Mediterranean Shrub-steppe
and deciduous riparian forest
N43º38.67'  W116º13.68' Altitude: 816M
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