Saturday afternoon as I was working in the yard, I found a padded yellow envelope sitting on the hood of my truck, and immediately knew what it was: a letter from my friend Phil, who I first met on a rainy Sunday morning many years ago when he was locked behind the gate of the empty lot next to us and I luckily knew the padlock code.
Fuligo septica is very soft and even mobile, and dries out within a day or so to an orange-y color. I'm thinking this is some kind of polypore that hasn't yet bracketed. We need another photo in a week or two!
yeah, like Michael, my first thought was slime. Aside from, you took some lovely photos of the light and the green
Thank you so much!
Fungus of the week--perhaps it is the slime mold Fuligo septica, a.k.a. dog vomit slime mold a.k.a. scrambled egg slime?
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/june99.html
Could be, Dr. Frasca—we have a lot of more typical looking slime mold around these days. Thank you!
Fuligo septica is very soft and even mobile, and dries out within a day or so to an orange-y color. I'm thinking this is some kind of polypore that hasn't yet bracketed. We need another photo in a week or two!
Thank you! I think you are right—I noticed yesterday afternoon the fungus was already changing dramatically. Stay tuned...
Thank you for your insight, gentleness and compassion for all living things. It is a cringe worthy future to say the very least.
Thank you for reading, and for sharing this.