Everyone is going to tell you that it’s mold or fungus and it breaks down the grass. And that’s true, but I’ve been very interested in this topic for a while…
So what you have there is a colony of actinomycetes bacteria. It’s not one type of bacteria, but a diverse colony of different types of bacteria that share similar DNA structures. They appear and grow in mycelial ways (like fungus) and generally act as a precursor to actual fungal inoculation and growth. They are natural and are almost ubiquitous across lawn environments and they occur naturally in the soil.
These are good for your compost pile.
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Raccoon jizz.
Clearly, your pile has attracted masked perverts.
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Proof
Averagebass
I see this towards the bottom of my pile when I turn it. I honestly wasnt sure if it was mycelium or ash since it was steaming pretty good. Sounds like it’s bacteria colonies which is good!
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Good Anaerobic bacteria
Good stuff
Looks like mushroom mycelium to me
Everyone is going to tell you that it’s mold or fungus and it breaks down the grass. And that’s true, but I’ve been very interested in this topic for a while…
So what you have there is a colony of actinomycetes bacteria. It’s not one type of bacteria, but a diverse colony of different types of bacteria that share similar DNA structures. They appear and grow in mycelial ways (like fungus) and generally act as a precursor to actual fungal inoculation and growth. They are natural and are almost ubiquitous across lawn environments and they occur naturally in the soil.
These are good for your compost pile.
Raccoon jizz.
Clearly, your pile has attracted masked perverts.
Proof
I see this towards the bottom of my pile when I turn it. I honestly wasnt sure if it was mycelium or ash since it was steaming pretty good. Sounds like it’s bacteria colonies which is good!
That’s that good stuff
All part of the decomposition process.