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Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Photo by CynthiaMHori
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Field Notes

Description:

member of the Kingdom Protista, the slime mold is often mistaken for a fungus. This is a multinucleate mass of cells that are simple and not differentiated. Weird stuff. This was seen at the beginning of the summer

Habitat:

a global species but found in moist areas such as your mulch

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Comments (2)
CynthiaMHori
I also have a photo of a white one - havent posted yet. The spring here was really damp - had lots of snow. Happy slime mold hunting!
lori.tas
Wow. Two slime molds posted in one day. These really are fascinating little things. We're having a very wet late winter in Tasmania; so maybe I'll see some more this spring. I'd like to see the ruby one again and get better pictures.

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PublishedAugust 7, 2011

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