Fuligo septica

Scrambled egg slime at Mount Clear, ACT

Fuligo septica at Mount Clear, ACT - 26 Feb 2011
Fuligo septica at Mount Clear, ACT - 26 Feb 2011
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Identification history

Fuligo septica 10 Mar 2015 MichaelMulvaney
Fuligo septica 10 Mar 2015 Heino
Unidentified 11 Sep 2014 jeremyahagan

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Yellow fungus seen on Sentry Box Mountain

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Heino wrote:
   15 Sep 2014
This is an example of a slime mould, or myxomycete to use the technical term. Despite the word mould in the vernacular name, myxomycetes or a class of organisms distinct from fungi.
michaelb wrote:
   10 Mar 2015
Hi Heino. With this species clarification, should I get red of Myxomycetes sp. from the data base?

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  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 26 Feb 2011 10:40 AM Recorded on
  • jeremyahagan Recorded by

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