Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dog Vomit Slime mold

Last year after I put down mulch, this weird ucky slimy yellow stuff appeared. I didn't know what it was. I just knew that it was gross. So I googled it. God Bless the internet! And I swear to you this is what I found:
Fuligo septica is a large slime mold in the order Physarales. In urbanized areas it is usually found growing on bark chips which it digests for a carbon source. Like Physarum, the plasmodium consists of a multinucleate mass of protoplasm that is not differentiated into cells. It moves like an amoeba, the protoplasm streaming internally in one direction and then in another. The yellowish, bile-colored plasmodium is the origin of the uncomplimentary name "dog vomit slime mold."
Really, people, I couldn't make this stuff up. Those words are WAY too big for me! All I understood was bark chips & dog vomit slime mold...
Well, my dog vomit is back. Below is a pic from the website:
This is what is in my mulch: This is in the early stages. It's bright yellow & slimy!

This is a pic of the aged dog vomit from the website:

This is MY aged dog vomit:

I wanted to include these 'cuz I think it's funny. Ya know how my faithful & loyal steeds are always there for me & follow me around the yard? Well, poor Brad wants to hold them & they run from him. (Mu wah, ha, ha...)

He set his sights on Sparky & Sparky took off.

A-ha! Victory!

He will love him & squeeze him & call him George...

4 comments:

Granny G said...

Oh my gosh Jaime! That's sick! I've never seen that before! Buy your mulch someplace else.

A Whole New McAfee Crew said...

that is nasty!!

A Whole New McAfee Crew said...

you may think it is nasty, alicia, but i think we have some under one of my boxwood shrubs. it looks about the same as yours.

daniel

Dan and Denise said...

Disgusting!! Thanks for sharing.