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Posted: Sept 02 2007 at 11:46am \| IP Logged

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Posted: Sept 02 2007 at 1:05pm \| IP Logged

I believe it is birds nest fungus.
Birds nest fungus

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Posted: Sept 03 2007 at 7:08am \| IP Logged

Ah, now I have a name! Thanks, Theresa!

My neighbor was admiring our gourd plant last month (we weren't sure if it was watermelon, pumpkin, or gourd) when she saw the bird's nest fungus growing on the mulch. She thought it was little nests for some kind of wasp (it does kind of look like the inside of a wasp's nest), but I assured her it was some sort of fungus. Now there's a name to go with it...

People always think I'm joking when I tell them they have Dog Vomit Fungus (slime mold) growing in their mulch. That sure is what it looks like!

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Posted: Sept 03 2007 at 7:25am \| IP Logged

Thanks, Theresa! I think it's really funny that you said "cool" when I was kind of grossed out. Valerie, we had the dog vomit in our yard many times. I think that one doesn't bother me as much because it doesn't seem to spread. I'm kind of scared of new fungi because we had stinkhorns at our last house and once they spread we couldn't get rid of them. Oh, and they were really gross.

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Posted: Sept 03 2007 at 8:49am \| IP Logged

Well, as folks at the conference heard during my ramblings, I am committed to learning more about fungus this year. It is one area of nature study that I feel very uninformed about and I want to remedy that.I just have not found a really good resource yet.
And I agree with you about the stinkhorns. Interesting, but gross!

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Posted: Sept 03 2007 at 9:18am \| IP Logged

I can't wait to hear your ramblings! I ordered my DVD already.

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