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03-03-2009, 11:43 AM
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| | | funny jelly
I have found a funny jelly on my lawn It is a clear lumpy consistency It might be nostic commune? ie manna or star slime I have pics but cant download for some reason. They were hard jelly strands and didnt appear to be eggs Could I be correct?
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03-03-2009, 12:21 PM
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Yes there was a thread about a newspaper article a few weeks ago. It seems to be somewhat of a mystery with various explanations from sterile frog spawn, fungus to aliens from outerspace. 
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Originally Posted by joan cooper  I have found a funny jelly on my lawn It is a clear lumpy consistency It might be nostic commune? ie manna or star slime I have pics but cant download for some reason. They were hard jelly strands and didnt appear to be eggs Could I be correct? | Hi Joan and a very warm welcome to WAB
Have a look here: The Jelly mystery
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03-03-2009, 09:11 PM
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| | | Re: The Jelly mystery
I am practically sure it is 'nosto commune ' ie a bacteria very close to blue green algae of the cyanonic?species it (the bacteria) lives in the soil and fixes nitrogen and co2>when the soil is impoverished as our almost sterile peaty acid soil is and it gets very wet the bacteria absorb an enormous .mount of liquid and develops into beaded jelly The strands do emerge from the soil. and look like a translucent string of pearls. I have searched every site on the computer I can find and followed up some daft ideas as well and this seems to be the most sensible answer Thanks all for your help.
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