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17-09-2008, 01:50 PM
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| | | Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Im not sure if i have put this in the right section, but i didnt really know were to put it as i havent a clue what it is lol
My boyfriend found them in a field while he was walking his dog, we hav no idea what it is and hav been looking on google but hav had no joy.
They are powdery and when he opened one up it was like cat meat inside  (see pic)
Has anyone seen these before? or know wat it is?! | 
17-09-2008, 01:55 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Cat vomit 
Some sort of slime mould I imagine one of the fungi guys will know exactly what it is.
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17-09-2008, 02:12 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Quote:
Originally Posted by Lance Morgan Cat vomit 
Some sort of slime mould I imagine one of the fungi guys will know exactly what it is. | Dunno about Cat vomit  , but there is a slime mould (Fuligo septica) with the common name Dog's Vomit  (honestly!) that looks a lot like that.
Steve
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17-09-2008, 08:12 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerel Dunno about Cat vomit  , but there is a slime mould (Fuligo septica) with the common name Dog's Vomit  (honestly!) that looks a lot like that.
Steve | Fuligo septica is more usually known as Flowers of Tan. The Dog Vomit Fungus (but still a slime mould) is Mucilago crustacea, in my book.
This one is Mucilago crustacea, I think.
henrya
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18-09-2008, 12:16 AM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :)
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18-09-2008, 08:12 AM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) I'd go with henrya's id.
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18-09-2008, 03:52 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Right common name wrong scientific, that'll teach me not to trust google and to look things up properly, ho hum. | 
18-09-2008, 06:57 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Quote:
Originally Posted by naturegirl | I have been known to do a few of these on a night out lol  | 
18-09-2008, 08:05 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Is it not Sebacina incrustans?
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18-09-2008, 08:39 PM
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| | | Re: Strange white stuff! ID help please! :) Pavementa pizzaria.  Often growing outside pubs.
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