Strange growth that looks like nacho cheese on my mulch!
Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy
7 years ago
Never noticed this in my yard before. So what is this?
Looks like some sort of bacteria culture. When I turned a leaf over this is what it looked like underneath.
There's no trees directly overhead, but there are a couple redwoods and zelkova nearby.
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Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy
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7 years agoCori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThought you might like to see how this slime mold ages.
It ages to look like this...
And then like this...
And then it shows up in other areas looking fresh and bright as ever.
Each day it's different. It's a fun game... where's the slime mold today? ;)
I like it! According to this, http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/4dmg/Pests/slime.htm, it may be eating pathogenic fungus or other stuff I don't want in my mulch.
I saw it here lovingly taking care of my azalea standards here...
I'm thinking of helping it migrate to the backyard rose garden to eat up some pathogenic fungus there too. :)
Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy
7 years agoThey haven't been noticeable recently, but then they congregated this morning into a puffy little mound! So weirdly gross and cool! It's the consistency of a marshmallow. If I still had little kids we would do a science project about these weird slime molds
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