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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: KirinChris on October 03, 2022, 06:46:52 pm

Title: Weird growths in fields
Post by: KirinChris on October 03, 2022, 06:46:52 pm

Came across these today - several of them about 2m apart.

They look like they could be a fungus of some sort, or could be of insect origin.

About 8-10 cm across and stuck to the grass. Surface like cauliflower.

Title: Re: Weird growths in fields
Post by: SallyintNorth on October 03, 2022, 07:58:10 pm

The brilliantly named Dog Sick Slime Mould, Fuligo septica http://naturewonders.org/picture?/1005

Or, if you are Scandanavian, it's the vomit of troll cats.  :tired:

Title: Re: Weird growths in fields
Post by: Anke on October 03, 2022, 08:19:42 pm

Quote from: SallyintNorth on October 03, 2022, 07:58:10 pm

The brilliantly named Dog Sick Slime Mould, Fuligo septica http://naturewonders.org/picture?/1005 (http://naturewonders.org/picture?/1005)

Or, if you are Scandanavian, it's the vomit of troll cats.  :tired:

Oh both names are so appropriate!

Title: Re: Weird growths in fields
Post by: Fleecewife on October 04, 2022, 12:22:41 am

I won't ask if they're edible  :eyelashes:

Title: Re: Weird growths in fields
Post by: Kiran on October 05, 2022, 02:09:42 am

I found some of this the other night while we were walking the puppy in one of our fields. I actually asked my wife if the dog had been sick 🤣. We've also got some crazy sized mushrooms about too