Fuligo septica

Scrambled egg slime at Canberra Central, ACT

Fuligo septica at Canberra Central, ACT - 19 Dec 2017
Fuligo septica at Canberra Central, ACT - 19 Dec 2017
Fuligo septica at Canberra Central, ACT - 19 Dec 2017
Fuligo septica at Canberra Central, ACT - 19 Dec 2017
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Identification history

Fuligo septica 1 Dec 2017 Heino

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One fruit body on woodchip mulch in a garden bed.

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Heino wrote:
   2 Dec 2017
Photo 1 shows this specimen at a little after 8am and the second shows it at about 1pm, by which time it had changed from yellow to brownish.
Heino wrote:
   4 Dec 2017
Photo 3 shows this specimen three days later. During those 3 days there had been one day of very heavy rainfall.
Heino wrote:
   20 Dec 2017
Photo 4 shows the specimen on December 19th, now just a mass of exposed spores.

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Species information

  • Fuligo septica Scientific name
  • Scrambled egg slime Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1483.99m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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