How can something apparently so pretty have such an awful name one wonders. This is my first introduction to the extraordinary world of slime mould which I now understand are neither plant, animal nor fungi. Instead they are protists. We encountered this one on a Sussex Wildlife Trust walk at the weekend. The current thinking is that this example is one called tapioca slime mould. Don't say I never treat ya!
Arilx
What strange looking stuff.........I shall now look up Protists.
ReplyDeleteThey spread very quickly hence the slime bit.
DeleteArilx
Whoa, that looks horrible, is is squishy or hard?
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Very squishy and very quick to spread.
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