Dog Vomit Fungus

It's been a great year for fungi, sadly we haven't seen many Wax Caps but we have seen spectacular examples of Dog Vomit Fungus on grass in the Garth field

Probably Didymium Spongiosum

Dog Vomit Fungus is not actually a fungus but a Slime Mould, an interesting group of organisms somewhere between a fungus and a protozoa. There is another variety which is even more spectacular being shiny yellow. Not fixed to the ground they can actually move and have been shown to take the shortest possible route to a food source. They are not poisonous or dangerous to grass but do help with the recycling of organic matter