This just recently popped up in a sloped bed I converted from from grass to wildflowers this past spring. Is this the good stuff or the bad stuff? If bad what’s the best treatment? Thanks friends by spacewam42 No Lawns 12 Comments Inevitable_Tank9505 2 months ago I have it too in some areas. Hasn’t been a problem. I look forward to other responses. spacewam42 2 months ago Hey, the auto mod wanted me to make a comment so here it is. This is Western NC zone 7a/b. sceap 2 months ago *Fuligo septica*. Just a harmless slime mold. Pitiful_Ad_900 2 months ago It’s good. If you can’t stand the look of it, you can just remove it but it’ll probably come back in some spots. bookclubhorse 2 months ago neither, just a slime mold happy in a spot. won’t do anything (help or hurt), just let it do its thing ncsteinb 2 months ago Depends on how it tastes. Please report your findings. Dr_Bunson_Honeydew 2 months ago Reminds me of [this scene in Step Brothers](https://youtu.be/WVxz2j4_skI?feature=shared) TeardropSanguis 2 months ago Weird! Never seen that before! Glad you shared it. MrStormcrow 2 months ago No such thing as a bad fungus outside! Puzzled_Sherbert_400 2 months ago Yay you — rewilding grass/lawn TsuDhoNimh2 2 months ago Often called “dog vomit fungus” … it’s a slime mold that is important in breaking down organic matter. Gross looking, but harmless and useful. It MIGHT mean you are overwatering, so check your sprinklers and irrigation system (timers and emitters and spray heads) and test the soil moisture. It tends to show up in mulch or compost after heavy rains. lxm333 2 months ago Enjoy. https://youtu.be/k_GTIL7AECQ?si=FUaznEJaOnXj5nlX Write A CommentYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Inevitable_Tank9505 2 months ago I have it too in some areas. Hasn’t been a problem. I look forward to other responses.
spacewam42 2 months ago Hey, the auto mod wanted me to make a comment so here it is. This is Western NC zone 7a/b.
Pitiful_Ad_900 2 months ago It’s good. If you can’t stand the look of it, you can just remove it but it’ll probably come back in some spots.
bookclubhorse 2 months ago neither, just a slime mold happy in a spot. won’t do anything (help or hurt), just let it do its thing
Dr_Bunson_Honeydew 2 months ago Reminds me of [this scene in Step Brothers](https://youtu.be/WVxz2j4_skI?feature=shared)
TsuDhoNimh2 2 months ago Often called “dog vomit fungus” … it’s a slime mold that is important in breaking down organic matter. Gross looking, but harmless and useful. It MIGHT mean you are overwatering, so check your sprinklers and irrigation system (timers and emitters and spray heads) and test the soil moisture. It tends to show up in mulch or compost after heavy rains.
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I have it too in some areas. Hasn’t been a problem. I look forward to other responses.
Hey, the auto mod wanted me to make a comment so here it is. This is Western NC zone 7a/b.
*Fuligo septica*. Just a harmless slime mold.
It’s good. If you can’t stand the look of it, you can just remove it but it’ll probably come back in some spots.
neither, just a slime mold happy in a spot. won’t do anything (help or hurt), just let it do its thing
Depends on how it tastes. Please report your findings.
Reminds me of [this scene in Step Brothers](https://youtu.be/WVxz2j4_skI?feature=shared)
Weird! Never seen that before! Glad you shared it.
No such thing as a bad fungus outside!
Yay you — rewilding grass/lawn
Often called “dog vomit fungus” … it’s a slime mold that is important in breaking down organic matter. Gross looking, but harmless and useful.
It MIGHT mean you are overwatering, so check your sprinklers and irrigation system (timers and emitters and spray heads) and test the soil moisture.
It tends to show up in mulch or compost after heavy rains.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/k_GTIL7AECQ?si=FUaznEJaOnXj5nlX