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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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.