Found this morning growing out of a dead stump in my yard:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Navkat/2011-03-04073000.jpg?t=1299246275)
Spongy-looking yellow substance popped up overnight. More like chocolate mousse in texture than anything else. Touching it makes some stick to my finger and the place where I touched it soon turns darker...orangey.
Can anyone identify this? Picture was taken in Mobile, AL.
Last rain: 2 days ago (but it's fixin' to rain today).
Is it a mushroom? Fungus? Puke of a dog who has been drinking from high-pollen puddles?
SHOULD I EAT IT?
In answer to all your questions: Yes.
Funny you'd mention dog vomit.
Looks like "dog vomit fungus."
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sam21/dogvomit.htm
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/chicago_gardener/2007/06/dog-vomit-slime.html
Apparently, it's actually edible, though I hope I'm never as hungry as the poor bastard who actually first tried it had to be.
I'm going to say yes. Keep your camera handy though. I want to see any effects it has.
http://vimeo.com/371660
Bon Appetite.
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Funny you'd mention dog vomit.
Looks like "dog vomit fungus."
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sam21/dogvomit.htm
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/chicago_gardener/2007/06/dog-vomit-slime.html
Apparently, it's actually edible, though I hope I'm never as hungry as the poor bastard who actually first tried it had to be.
I'm impressed and a little disgusted at your prompt identification and findings. <3
Quote from: navkat on March 04, 2011, 02:26:05 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Funny you'd mention dog vomit.
Looks like "dog vomit fungus."
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sam21/dogvomit.htm
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/chicago_gardener/2007/06/dog-vomit-slime.html
Apparently, it's actually edible, though I hope I'm never as hungry as the poor bastard who actually first tried it had to be.
I'm impressed and a little disgusted at your prompt identification and findings. <3
Google-fu. I haz it.
Note, this is not positive identification, and the shit might be something else that will kill you dead, so I will NOT recommend you eat it. (Me, I'm allergic to mushrooms and the like, so I wouldn't touch it with a stick.)
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:28:35 PM
Quote from: navkat on March 04, 2011, 02:26:05 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Funny you'd mention dog vomit.
Looks like "dog vomit fungus."
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sam21/dogvomit.htm
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/chicago_gardener/2007/06/dog-vomit-slime.html
Apparently, it's actually edible, though I hope I'm never as hungry as the poor bastard who actually first tried it had to be.
I'm impressed and a little disgusted at your prompt identification and findings. <3
Google-fu. I haz it.
Note, this is not positive identification, and the shit might be something else that will kill you dead, so I will NOT recommend you eat it. (Me, I'm allergic to mushrooms and the like, so I wouldn't touch it with a stick.)
This is true, ID'ing fungus is something that isn't as easy as looking at pictures, but I think this just forwards the argument you probably should eat it anyway, FOR SCIENCE.
WWCSD?
Huh. It's actually a slime mold. Not "fun guys" at all. Lovely.
Quote from: Lies on March 04, 2011, 02:30:05 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:28:35 PM
Quote from: navkat on March 04, 2011, 02:26:05 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Funny you'd mention dog vomit.
Looks like "dog vomit fungus."
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sam21/dogvomit.htm
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/chicago_gardener/2007/06/dog-vomit-slime.html
Apparently, it's actually edible, though I hope I'm never as hungry as the poor bastard who actually first tried it had to be.
I'm impressed and a little disgusted at your prompt identification and findings. <3
Google-fu. I haz it.
Note, this is not positive identification, and the shit might be something else that will kill you dead, so I will NOT recommend you eat it. (Me, I'm allergic to mushrooms and the like, so I wouldn't touch it with a stick.)
This is true, ID'ing fungus is something that isn't as easy as looking at pictures, but I think this just forwards the argument you probably should eat it anyway, FOR SCIENCE.
I used to have a great book on the topic that included details of what was edible or psychoactive (and if so, how) and what possible deadly stuff it looked enough like to confuse. Lost it somewhere in college though.
I'm thinking there is a good chance that shit will kill you if you eat it.
Quote from: Jenne on March 04, 2011, 02:52:20 PM
Huh. It's actually a slime mold. Not "fun guys" at all. Lovely.
Slime mold is interesting. It actually exists on the borderline between single-celled and multicellular organisms, if I recall correctly.
Kai would know more than I would, I think.
Quote from: Richter on March 04, 2011, 02:53:55 PM
Quote from: Lies on March 04, 2011, 02:30:05 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:28:35 PM
Quote from: navkat on March 04, 2011, 02:26:05 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Funny you'd mention dog vomit.
Looks like "dog vomit fungus."
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sam21/dogvomit.htm
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/chicago_gardener/2007/06/dog-vomit-slime.html
Apparently, it's actually edible, though I hope I'm never as hungry as the poor bastard who actually first tried it had to be.
I'm impressed and a little disgusted at your prompt identification and findings. <3
Google-fu. I haz it.
Note, this is not positive identification, and the shit might be something else that will kill you dead, so I will NOT recommend you eat it. (Me, I'm allergic to mushrooms and the like, so I wouldn't touch it with a stick.)
This is true, ID'ing fungus is something that isn't as easy as looking at pictures, but I think this just forwards the argument you probably should eat it anyway, FOR SCIENCE.
I used to have a great book on the topic that included details of what was edible or psychoactive (and if so, how) and what possible deadly stuff it looked enough like to confuse. Lost it somewhere in college though.
One of these days, I'm locking myself in your library and not coming out for a month. :lulz:
This thread became waaaay more awesome (and geeky) than my troll-ass ever planned in the OP.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 02:42:53 PM
WWCSD?
is this.. ?
Anyway, don't eat that. This is coming from ME. Sometimes the only difference between a perfectly fine fungus and a perfectly deadly one is microscopic. Often times these things will try to turn your intestines into a liquid.
It looks sinister to me, see how it sits there all smug.
Don't eat it.
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on March 04, 2011, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 02:42:53 PM
WWCSD?
is this.. ?
Anyway, don't eat that. This is coming from ME. Sometimes the only difference between a perfectly fine fungus and a perfectly deadly one is microscopic. Often times these things will try to turn your intestines into a liquid.
It looks sinister to me, see how it sits there all smug.
Don't eat it.
DON'T LISTEN TO SQUID, SHE'S BAD FOR YOU. EAT THAT SHIT. GET HIGH LIKE A ROCKSTAR.
Don't eat it. Snort it. Preferably off of a hooker's awesome rack.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2011, 06:04:24 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 04, 2011, 06:03:49 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 05:39:44 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on March 04, 2011, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 02:42:53 PM
WWCSD?
is this.. ?
some guy that's been in the news lately
GODDAMMIT :argh!:
I've been racking my fucking brain.....
Charlie Sheen.
I was thinking Carl Sagan. FOR SCIENCE!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2011, 06:04:24 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 04, 2011, 06:03:49 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 05:39:44 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on March 04, 2011, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 02:42:53 PM
WWCSD?
is this.. ?
some guy that's been in the news lately
GODDAMMIT :argh!:
I've been racking my fucking brain.....
Charlie Sheen.
Oh I got it, it just took the "some guy in the news" comment. I guess because I've had Mr. Sheen shoved in my face at every fucking board I go to this week it just didn't click till I read that....
Fuck it, slap me silly and call me Helen cause I'm blind, deaf and dumb today.....
I know, cryptic (lame) jokey references to drug-addled TV stars just doesn't have the same panache as a good pun. Don't worry, all will be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 04, 2011, 08:37:23 PM
I know, cryptic (lame) jokey references to drug-addled TV stars just doesn't have the same panache as a good pun. Don't worry, all will be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
Yes I have been awaiting the return of punnage and the CERTAIN DOOM you have spoken of..... As the Ebola Sex Monkey of CERTAIN DOOM I am very excited....
I was under the impression that deadly mushrooms were rather rare, and even if you do find them you have to eat a decent amount to kill you. Of course that doesn't mean that there aren't a fuckload of mushrooms that make you throw up everywhere or give you diarrhea or whatever.
You live in Mobile? I lived there for about three years. Birmingham, now, though.
I wouldn't eat that. It looks gross. What does it smell like?
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/puffinstuff.jpg)
Quote from: Rumckle on March 04, 2011, 09:53:38 PM
I was under the impression that deadly mushrooms were rather rare, and even if you do find them you have to eat a decent amount to kill you. Of course that doesn't mean that there aren't a fuckload of mushrooms that make you throw up everywhere or give you diarrhea or whatever.
Yeah ummm.... I'm personally not willing to take that chance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadly_fungi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadly_fungi)
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2011, 12:45:37 AM
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/puffinstuff.jpg)
:spittake:
:lulz:
I'll break out the gimp tonight.
Yeah, Navkat, it's a slime mold. Slime molds are in the superkingdom Amoebozoa, while the Kingdom Fungi is in the superkingdom Opisthokonta, along with animals.
Quote from: Captain Utopia on March 05, 2011, 01:04:36 AM
:lulz:
I'll break out the gimp tonight.
Ah, I got nothin cookin..
(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/spiff_bucket/frog.jpg)
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on March 05, 2011, 04:01:16 AM
Yeah, Navkat, it's a slime mold. Slime molds are in the superkingdom Amoebozoa, while the Kingdom Fungi is in the superkingdom Opisthokonta, along with animals.
Kai has arrived. Thread delivers.
Quote from: Unqualified on March 05, 2011, 06:47:38 AM
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on March 05, 2011, 04:01:16 AM
Yeah, Navkat, it's a slime mold. Slime molds are in the superkingdom Amoebozoa, while the Kingdom Fungi is in the superkingdom Opisthokonta, along with animals.
Kai has arrived. Thread delivers.
You all basically had the answer already. Stealing my thunder! :argh!: :lulz:
Well, the question was if it's edible! (Or rather whether it will get Navkat high)
I think you're supposed to spread it on toast as a low-calorie butter substitute.
Quote from: Captain Utopia on March 05, 2011, 05:53:41 AM
Quote from: Captain Utopia on March 05, 2011, 01:04:36 AM
:lulz:
I'll break out the gimp tonight.
Ah, I got nothin cookin..
(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/spiff_bucket/frog.jpg)
Oh man... Thats HAWT. :lulz:
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 05, 2011, 07:48:46 PM
Well, the question was if it's edible! (Or rather whether it will get Navkat high)
Yes, and no, respectively. Though there are better foods to be eaten.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on March 06, 2011, 09:01:15 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 05, 2011, 07:48:46 PM
Well, the question was if it's edible! (Or rather whether it will get Navkat high)
Yes, and no, respectively. Though there are better foods to be eaten.
Yeah, I don't think I'd enjoy eating anything with the word "slime" in the name.
Are slime molds in general edible, or just that one?
Quote from: Vartox on March 04, 2011, 10:33:15 PM
You live in Mobile? I lived there for about three years. Birmingham, now, though.
I wouldn't eat that. It looks gross. What does it smell like?
Best part about Mobile is New Orleans.
How long you been in B'ham? If'n ya ever blow into the 251 again, let me know.
I didn't sniff our little friend before he disappeared, sadly. I was at Zulu 17 and M.O.M.'s ball in NOLA (o fuk yes).
Pics of me in tutu and courtesan tophat soon to follow.
Quote from: Nast on March 06, 2011, 07:21:01 AM
I think you're supposed to spread it on toast as a low-calorie butter substitute.
Man, fuck that shit then. It's real butter or GTFO.
Quote from: navkat on March 07, 2011, 05:40:47 AM
Quote from: Vartox on March 04, 2011, 10:33:15 PM
You live in Mobile? I lived there for about three years. Birmingham, now, though.
I wouldn't eat that. It looks gross. What does it smell like?
Best part about Mobile is New Orleans.
How long you been in B'ham? If'n ya ever blow into the 251 again, let me know.
I didn't sniff our little friend before he disappeared, sadly. I was at Zulu 17 and M.O.M.'s ball in NOLA (o fuk yes).
Pics of me in tutu and courtesan tophat soon to follow.
I was actually in New Orleans last weekend visiting a friend from high school- 'tis a wonderful, magical land. I've been in Birmingham since the fall of 2009. I don't normally have much reason to go to Mobile, but if I do, I'll see about letting you know.
Quote from: Vartox on March 07, 2011, 06:39:03 AM
Quote from: navkat on March 07, 2011, 05:40:47 AM
Quote from: Vartox on March 04, 2011, 10:33:15 PM
You live in Mobile? I lived there for about three years. Birmingham, now, though.
I wouldn't eat that. It looks gross. What does it smell like?
Best part about Mobile is New Orleans.
How long you been in B'ham? If'n ya ever blow into the 251 again, let me know.
I didn't sniff our little friend before he disappeared, sadly. I was at Zulu 17 and M.O.M.'s ball in NOLA (o fuk yes).
Pics of me in tutu and courtesan tophat soon to follow.
I was actually in New Orleans last weekend visiting a friend from high school- 'tis a wonderful, magical land. I've been in Birmingham since the fall of 2009. I don't normally have much reason to go to Mobile, but if I do, I'll see about letting you know.
It's
beyond magical right now...even parking in the Treme and Marigny are at a premium atm and I think I could spin myself dizzy taking in the buzz from the vibe in the Quarter.
Do you ever miss the Gras? Even the tame shit at the Civic Center gives me a buzz. I honestly don't think I could make it from New Year's to Easter without a 2 week holiday in between anymore.
1 AM up in here, brah. Why YOU up so late?
As a college student who only has to get up before 9 once a week, 1-2 is a pretty normal time for me to go to sleep.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on March 07, 2011, 04:43:16 AM
Are slime molds in general edible, or just that one?
The yellow dog vomit slime mold (
Fuligo septica) is edible, but many others are toxic. Just like anything else, I wouldn't eat it unless you know what it is.
Nav, do you live in/near NOLA? I'll be down there for Halloween.