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Fuligo septica

Fuligo septica

Description:

Bright yellow crusty 60mm across; white thin patchy filamentous around;

Habitat:

On the south side of a huge eucalyptus regnans; very tall, dense eucalyptus forest

Notes:

Also known as 'Dog vomit' and 'Scrambled eggs'. Slime molds are in their own group Myxomycetes. This species is the largest spore producing structure of any slime mold. Pic#3 shows an ant interested in the mass.

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3 Comments

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

lol :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

I'm really starting to wonder what other people are feeding to their dogs.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

why haven't i see this before, very nice argybee, i had always find them complet ripe. So like this whit the soft spot: do they really look like dog vomit

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Mar 12, 2012
Submitted on Mar 12, 2012

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