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Are slime molds okay around here? I think this is Dog Vomit slime mold? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world to c/mycology@mander.xyz
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It's... Bloomed? Multiple times (see background) pile of chipped wood, zone 8 US.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is it called dog vomit slime mold because it grows on dog vomit or because it looks like dog vomit.

Goddammit I'm getting linguistic satiation here dog vomit dog vomit dog vomit

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The appearance I think. The leftmost pile in that pic is the OP slime mold 1 day later.

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Another popped up today 😄

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Vog dommit, I'm also getting confused.