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Yellow Slime Mould

             Yesterday I spotted this big yellow blob of a foamy, slimy substance on top of a rotting log... approximately 10 metres from the path.

It was about 15-20 cm in length, and at least 10 cm in height. I've never seen anything like this before. WTF!?

My first thought was that I'd found an elephant booger. Was this a snotty secretion from our last remaining Knysna forest elephant? Of course not. 

After running through a few more possibilities (pterodactyl poop, dog's vomit, etc.)... my mind finally settled on a fungus of some kind... a very weird foamy yellow kind. That's also incorrect.

Here is what Google had to say about what I'd found...

This is a species of plasmodial slime mould (Fuligo septica), and a member of the class Myxomycetes. They are also commonly known as "scrambled egg slime", or "flowers of tan", or the "dog's vomit slime mould". Seems like one of my wildest guesses wasn't wrong after all? :) 

Scientists have long debated exactly what slime moulds are, since they have features in common with both fungi and animals. Like animals, slime moulds are free-living and capable of locomotion, but like fungi, slime moulds form fruiting bodies that produce reproductive units called spores. 

The forest truly is a magical place to be! :)

Taken on: January 16, 2021

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Paul Bruins Photography

www.paulbruins.co.za

Southern Cape

Garden Route

Knysna Forest

Slime Mould

Yellow

Foam

Forest

Nikon D850

Nikkor Lenses

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Sets appears in: • Knysna Forest Photos • Forest Fungi

Groups appears in: • Knysna Forests

Camera: Nikon D850, f/22.0, 0.4 sec, 45mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.4
Focal Length:	45mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows
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