What a putrid Fuligo slime mold looks like
Description of the mushroom Earthen oil (pictured) will help to timely identify on the site and get rid of it.
The mushroom itself is yellow, white or cream in color. The hat is missing. Outwardly, the structure vaguely resembles sea corals. Plasmodium can move at a speed of 5 mm / hour. This mushroom has different names in different countries. For example, in English-speaking countries you can find: "Slug Broken Eggs", "Slug Dog Vomit", "Sulphurous Flower", "Troll Oil" and so on. Putrid fuligo (fuligo septica) grows on the bark of trees that are harvested for tanning. Poles call it a frothy rash. You can also hear the name Ant oil.
The appearance of the plasmodium is similar to a slimy consistency, which is a vegetative body
It feeds on bacteria, various spores and protozoa (prokaryotes). Crawls out to consecrated areas of soil or tree for reproduction. At the initial stage and during the breeding season, the mushroom Earthen Oil is frothy, very voluminous, resembles a piece of foam sponge with a surface in which there are cells, or dried semolina. Does not have a pungent odor. The most common color is yellow (all light and dark shades). The white and cream types are rare.
In the process of development, it passes into sporulation, formed by a fertile body (ethalium), which looks like a flattened cake or pillow. Outside, the spores are covered with a cortex, which reliably protects them from adverse weather conditions.
The color of the cortex can range from ocher to pink. Under unfavorable conditions, Fuligo turns into a thickened mass (sclerotia), which can harden over time. This consistency exists for up to several years, and then again transforms into a plasmodium capable of movement.
It is believed that this slime mold is the most common. Its appearance can resemble Fuligo gray, which is very rare.
Fuligo gray is tinted whitish or gray
On the territory of Russia, it is found in Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory. Scientists cannot definitively attribute this species to the kingdom of mushrooms. For most of its life, the slime mold moves around the territory, multiplies, feeds on organic dead plant residues. In rare cases, it turns into a colony covered with a hard cortex.
Attention! The researchers concluded that the cortex is thin, thick, or even absent. Etaliae have the shape of a pillow, grow singly, the external color is white, yellow, rusty orange and purple
The hypothallus of earth oil is divided into 2 types: single-layer and multi-layer. Color: brown or colorless
Etaliae have the shape of a pillow, grow singly, the external color is white, yellow, rusty orange and purple. The hypothallus of earth oil is divided into 2 types: single-layer and multi-layer. Color: brown or colorless.
The total diameter of the plasmodium Fuligo putrefactive is 2-20 cm, the thickness reaches 3 cm. The spore powder is colored dark brown, the spores themselves have the shape of a ball, are distinguished by the presence of small thorns and small size.
