Fuligo septica

2 Scrambled egg slime at Latham, ACT

Fuligo septica at Latham, ACT - 2 Jan 2022
Fuligo septica at Latham, ACT - 2 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Fuligo septica 18 Jun 2024 Teresa
Myxomycete-plasmodium(class) 18 Jun 2024 HelenCross
Aleuria sp. (genus) 17 Jun 2024 JBrickhill

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Single isolated yellow sponge fungus, moist on top

4 comments

Heino1 wrote:
   18 Jun 2024
This is a slime mould (or myxomycete) which, despite the word mould, is not a fungus. It's in between the mobile, feeding stage and the final powdery, sporing stage. Might be Fuligo septica.
Teresa wrote:
   18 Jun 2024
Must agree with Heino; this appears to be a Fuligo septica which will slowly darken in colour prior to sheading its dark spores when fully mature. Do hope you are able to observe it over the next few days and perhaps add some extra images.
JBrickhill wrote:
   18 Jun 2024
This slime mould was recorded on 2 January 2022, (and only just uploaded to Nature Mapr when I got the App to work ) so I can't report on what happed after this observation.
Teresa wrote:
   18 Jun 2024
@JBrickhill 2 years ago, never mind, next time you find another you'll know what to look for over a few days hopefully :)

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  • 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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