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07-19-2006, 03:16 PM
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Strange activity in my bed
Found these strange looking things in my front beds.
Looks like cat puke.
Any idea what they are?
Raj
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07-19-2006, 03:16 PM
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another shot of another one.
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07-19-2006, 03:26 PM
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This is Fuligo septica
Dog Vomit Slime Mold
Nice stuff. 
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07-19-2006, 03:30 PM
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what causes it Dan?
Is it nasty stuff...
What's the best action...Kill it and remove it or just remove it?
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07-19-2006, 03:53 PM
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it does no harm to plants, its strickly cometic. I take a pitch fork and remove the whole clump. When you get hot, humid weather, the fungus will grow in all hardwood mulches, its just one of those things.
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07-19-2006, 05:22 PM
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NCSULandscaper said it all
Believe it or not it is also edible  
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07-19-2006, 07:05 PM
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Just a little color bonus for this bloom rotation downtime of the year...
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07-19-2006, 07:05 PM
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Starts a warm yellow, looks like brains - then fades to off-white with brown edges, like it's been toasted. Turns brown and crusty - break it at that point and watch bazillions of spores fly all over - and you'll find new blobs of yellow brains around the yard.
@Dan - uh... definitely NOT.
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07-19-2006, 08:25 PM
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Yea, it's nasty stuff. Better then artillery fungus though!
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07-19-2006, 09:50 PM
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Funny, just found some the other day on my double hammered hardwood mulch pile and yes .... IT"S HUMID!!!!
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07-20-2006, 08:59 AM
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Surely you jest. Not unless I was stranded on a desert island for months.
Funny thing, when growing up and not knowing any better, I always thought it was dog puke. Saw it where I couldn't comprehend dogs being. But that was when I was young and dumb, now I'm just older and dumb.
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07-20-2006, 09:56 AM
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No jesting
There is a certain stage called the plasmodium stage (have no idea when that is) when it can be used just like scrambled eggs. I not going to try it though 
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07-20-2006, 11:34 AM
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Makes sense...
It's been very hot and humid around here lately.
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07-20-2006, 08:47 PM
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LOL.....all these posts and no one took this thread to the gutter???? What a bunch of stiffs we are! I thought I was going to learn something to spice things up at night.....   |
07-20-2006, 09:33 PM
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We get hot and humid........haven't seen vomit fungus in any of our mulching for years...
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