Also: What the Hell is this?

[urbpan]

While raking up around the knotweed, we found this clump of bright yellow spore-like stuff. It looked like it could be one stage of dog vomit slime mold, but that species crawls on the surface--I'm not aware that it is found under leaf litter and pine needles. Anyone know?

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Could be a similar species to this...

[gythiawulfie.livejournal.com]

I have seen the same thing in some of my plant beds that I mulch... and considering this is under leaf litter and pine needles (which I used to mulch as well as store bought pine bark). This would be my first guess. It looks to be a form of mulch slime/mold

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36527

Re: Could be a similar species to this...

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The organism in those forum pictures is definitely dog vomit slime mold.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Your curiosity knows no bounds.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

You are kind. My curiosity is bounded by the topics of sport and motor vehicles.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm with you on the cars!

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

http://xkcd.com/877/

[plantmom.livejournal.com]

Hilarious and wonderful.

[momomom.livejournal.com]

YES! I was just going to post that. Some days the timing is perfection.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Nice one.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

You beat me to it. Too funny....

[lemonlies.livejournal.com]

OT: Do you mind if I add you? I found your journal through UniversalHub and your posts interest me quite a bit.

Thanks,
E

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The more the merrier!

[okaree.livejournal.com]

Is it an awesome coincidence that the post just under yours is also about Dog Vomit Slime Mold?

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/xkcd_rss/219811.html

One possibility

[(Anonymous)]

I run into something that looks like a lot like this when mushroom hunting in the DC area. What you have could be a boletinoid mushroom that has been attacked by something else. I'll see a bolete-shaped mushroom that's either a frosty white or a bright yellow like that, depending on how advanced the decay is. When I pick it up, it leaves a nasty yellow film and crumbles to nothingness. I have no idea what causes this, but I run into it a lot and it drives me nuts.

Also, I have no firmer basis for this comparison than "it kind of looks the same"...always tenuous at best in the world of fungi etc.

Re: One possibility

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Good thought--I have seen the same thing, and you're right, the look is very very similar.

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