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+====== 3 Nov 2025: Fungi and not fungi ======
+[{{:news:2025:20251018-143736-6391.jpg?direct&500  |Scrambled egg slime mould (//Fuligo septica//) on the left and Honey Fungus (//Armillaria mellea// agg.) on the right}}]
+It's been an interesting autumn for fungi around the Pond, with several new species recorded.
+One of these is Honey Fungus (//Armillaria mellea// agg.) which we've spotted on dead tree stumps
+along the Normandy Way side of the area.
+This identification has not been confirmed, but we will discuss it with the Town Council
+in case any action is required to protect healthy trees.
+A more exciting discovery, on the same stump as the Honey Fungus as it happens,
+was //Fuligo septica//, commonly known as "Scrambled egg slime mould", because of its appearance,
+or even less attractively as "Dog vomit slime mould".
+All the references to it that I've found so far have used the American spelling of "mold".
+Despite appearances, it isn't a fungus, it's a slime mould.
+These are basically Protozoa, like //Amoeba//.
+Individual cells move around and, when dense enough, aggregate together to produce a fungus-like body eventually developing spore-bearing structures.
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