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Can anyone help with identification of this

emma.c.616emma.c.616 Posts: 2
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Would anyone be able to assist in identifying this, which has appeared on a fence panel which is starting to rot.  I think possibly it might be a fungus or a eggs of something? 

Any help would be really appreciated. 

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello emma.c.616 and welcome to the Forum. It looks very much like a slime mould - possibly in the Tubifera family - and what a great picture!
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • emma.c.616emma.c.616 Posts: 2
    Thank you so much for the quick response. My initial thought was this is a type of fungus, given it appeared on rotting wood. A google image search didn't bring any results, other than oddly enough desserts, so Robert is not alone! 😂

    I just had a look at Tubifera and I think you might be right. 

    Thank you! 
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    You are most welcome.
    @Robert West you just brought back an unhappy memory of disgusting white school puddings that either resembled wallpaper paste or white frogspawn.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Didn’t they usually have a dollop of watery red jam in the middle?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Eek yes @Dovefromabove! I used to stir that until the whole white mess was pale pink then I still refused to eat it! To this day I still cannot eat anything in the sago, tapioca semolina style puddings. I can JUST about tolerate rice pudding.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    Join the club! I didn't have to be subjected to "school puddings" but I wasn't spared as my mother was very fond of making semolina and rice puddings along with the blob of jam in the middle. Had no choice but to eat it. The thought now turns my stomach. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I love rice pudding and often make one,  but that tapioca makes me 🤮 even with the dollop of jam in the middle.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    frogspawn pudding

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