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Strange "stuff"
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:26 pm
by Trevor Holloway
Went out to check on the allotment this morning to find something growing near the garlic.
It looked like custard but had a coral effect on top and was custard consistancy inside !
Sorry did not have a camera at the time but if it grows back I will post a picture.
Nope, before you ask - it was nowhere near any rhubarb !
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:12 pm
by peter
Vomit?
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:57 am
by Trevor Holloway
Quick update !
moved the "stuff" off the raised bed yesterday morning and returned in the evening with a camera, only to find "it" had dried out.
Not returned / regrown this morning.
Will keep an eye on it.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:48 am
by Angi
I would guess its a fungus, but you may already have assumed that and want to know what type!
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:51 am
by Trevor Holloway
Yup, it had a fungussy (probably not the correct technical term) edge.
Probably find out it is edible and an expensive delicacy
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:38 am
by alan refail
Gotcha
I've not seen this stuff for a long time. Peter almost hit the mark with "vomit".
It's (probably)
fuligo septica commonly known as "dog's vomit".
Want to check?
http://www.mushrooms.org.uk/displayprod ... go+Septica
Alan
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:50 am
by Trevor Holloway
Thats the "stuff".
Hope it is not a protected species, if it is it wasn't me OK !
Will check if harms the ground at all.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:56 am
by Multiveg
Hmm - too much beer?
Got a book on fungi in front of me - you'll be pleased to know that it says this slime mould, on dead wood generally, is inedible.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:27 pm
by alan refail
Update on Slime Moulds. They can apparently move in search of food, and are eaten in Mexico.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/ja ... molds.html
Alan