Re: weird cream stuff
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: weird cream stuff
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:05:27 -0600 (MDT)
At 11:27 AM 8/12/97 -0600, Bill Shear wrote:
>I've also seen this stuff. It appears in the fall in shrub beds on campus
>that have been heavily mulched with wood chips. We've identified it as a
>slime mold rather than a fungus (for those who care, slime molds are
>single-celled creatures which temporarily band together in billions for
>reproductive purposes--some look like fungi but they are quite unrelated).
>Later it dries up and scatters countless spores. So far as I know, it is
>harmless to plants, feeding mostly on bacteria and like things in the soil.
>
I've also seen this stuff--really peculiar looking. I thought at first the
dog had contributed yet another pile of some stinking but yummy thing that
his stomach just couldn't handle...it also occurred on an area heavily
covered with wood chips; the Siberian/Japanese bed. Thank you for the
informative explanation, Bill--the expertise on this list truly is amazing.
Dorothy Fingerhood
daf10@cornell.edu
Newfield, NY
