tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post5077205235366781512..comments2023-03-18T18:19:26.000+11:00Comments on Hunter Valley Backyard Nature: #22 Secretive Slime MouldsGayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02899430268722758947noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-84070755913777005122010-12-29T07:50:46.643+11:002010-12-29T07:50:46.643+11:00Hello Suzanne,
I feel pretty confident that your ...Hello Suzanne,<br /><br />I feel pretty confident that your strange find in the garden is indeed a slime mould. They disappear reasonably quickly, and as far as I am aware, don't do any harm to plants.<br /><br />The wet and humid weather seems perfect for slime moulds - I have a few in my garden too, but not nearly as interesting as the one you describe.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Regards,<br />GayeGayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02899430268722758947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-39877912392041910802010-12-27T22:12:21.879+11:002010-12-27T22:12:21.879+11:00I found some hundreds of little tiny cream to bro...I found some hundreds of little tiny cream to brown 'blobs' in my mulch - they looked like mustard seeds - I could also see where new ones where going to form. At first I just thought it was another kind of fungi but now I'm thinking slime mold. I have had at least 2 other slime molds in the garden. What do you think, given my description. I have been unable to find them on the net so far.suzanne flowerdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267269497603209274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-51056588110203843412007-07-01T09:10:00.000+10:002007-07-01T09:10:00.000+10:00hi David,thanks for taking the time to comment. I...hi David,<BR/><BR/>thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you enjoyed my slime mould observations. They certainly are interesting and mysterious life forms.<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/>GayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-80617274840601097162007-07-01T08:01:00.000+10:002007-07-01T08:01:00.000+10:00Lovely photos Gaye! I enjoyed the slime mold post ...Lovely photos Gaye! I enjoyed the slime mold post very much! Thanks for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-58163731477444593202007-06-29T19:30:00.000+10:002007-06-29T19:30:00.000+10:00hi Denis,yes, a complex subject indeed. And fasci...hi Denis,<BR/><BR/>yes, a complex subject indeed. And fascinating.<BR/><BR/>I have added a few informative web sites to my blog entry that make interesting reading.<BR/><BR/>Finding the yellow slime mould featured last in my blog, was a real help to me in understanding, in part, the basics of the active mobile stage preceeding the reproductive stage. It was fascinating to see, after such a short period of time, the transformation from veins of slime into blobs that develop into spore-holding recepticals. An amazing process indeed. <BR/><BR/>I am anxious to find more in my home territory so that I can observe at length and in detail.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>GayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-76820270720778193862007-06-28T16:53:00.000+10:002007-06-28T16:53:00.000+10:00Hi GayeYour garden must be "wet-as", as the kids w...Hi Gaye<BR/><BR/>Your garden must be "wet-as", as the kids would say, after all that rain.<BR/><BR/>Nice post, with excellent photos. Slime Moulds are indeed strange creatures. Nice technical analysis - but to be truthful, it is still beyond me. I shall persevere, trying to understand, or at least to get the processes you describe - into my head.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-52527174917257731112007-06-25T17:16:00.000+10:002007-06-25T17:16:00.000+10:00hi Westy, and thank you for the feedback. I appre...hi Westy, and thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>GayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-29798847443002433342007-06-25T16:04:00.000+10:002007-06-25T16:04:00.000+10:00Great blog Gaye with some very nice slime mould ex...Great blog Gaye with some very nice slime mould examples. I did find the multiple references to photos a little confusing, but otherwise it is most informative.<BR/><BR/>Westy.WAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09714877215893612150noreply@blogger.com