Colour challenge: Yellow mushroom

Um, I lied, for the sake of a consistent title.

This blob in the photo is yellow, yes, but it is a slime mold, not a mushroom.

Slime molds consists of undifferentiated cells that form a mass called plasmodium. This one is called scrambled egg slime (Fuligo septica):


Olympus XZ-1, 55mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/30s

A bit scary: these masses of cells cooperate and actually move as a whole when looking for food!

Fortunately, they move very slowly, so there is no need to start running immediately when you see one of these. I don't know what would happen if you sat close to one for a week, though.

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