Fuligo septica
Common name
Dog Vomit fungus (a type of slime mould)
Description
- yellow to orange sticky irregular mass of various sizes when first formed (resembles solid scrambled eggs)
- with age, the colour changes from yellow to white and eventually to a brown-black dusty mass
- the interior colour of the spore mass is violet-black
Habitat
Usually on garden mulch, wet grass and bark, dead wood and woodchip mulch
Distribution
Common in Australia