Yellow Fuzzy Stuff?

I noticed next to one of my hosta's on top of the mulch is yellow fuzzy stuff. It almost reminds me of pollen from a flower?? It's a lot of it... what could it be??? Sorry no pics.

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could it have been a mushroom maybe? I've had so many thing year.

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No not that... it's weird whatever it is... looks like pollen from a flower almost... sooo strange.

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take a pic if you can. i love finding weird things like that.

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I will take a pic tonight. It's sooo weird. I don't even want to touch it !

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Aerate that mulch. It's too wet and damp, that's a fungus. If you leave it alone, you could get weird nuclear looking mushrooms too.

It usually means there's too much moisture in the area, could mean the mulch is too matted down or the dirt underneath is too compacted.

I usually pitchfork those areas and "fluff up" the mulch.

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Found this for you... it's called SLIME MOLD ewwww

Slime Molds

Slime molds are fungus-like organisms and live in cool, shady damp places such as the soil surface of lawns, on organic mulches, or on rotting logs. This fungus produces white, gray or purple patches in the lawn that are usually visible in the morning. They are also noticeable later in their life cycle when they cause grayish or black crust-like powdery balls on blades of grass. Slime molds come in a variety of colors, including brown, salmon, off-white, yellow, orange or brick red. Some appear in the spring and look like white-yellow globs of plaster on lawns and low-growing plants. They occur mostly during the spring during warm, wet conditions and may occur in the same location each year.

Image depicts 'Dog vomit' slime mold on hardwood mulch.
"Dog vomit" slime mold on hardwood mulch.
© Thomas F. Lytle

Although they may look alarming, slime molds poses no harm to lawn grasses. Slime molds feed on bacteria, other fungi and decaying organic matter in the soil. They do not feed on green plants. Slime molds grow on dead organic matter and therefore do not pose a direct threat to any plants in the garden. Excessive shading and an undesirable appearance of the lawn can occur when fungal growth becomes very heavy.

Treatment: Control of slime molds is not necessary, since they do not pose a threat to any plants in the garden. The slime molds will disappear in dry weather. The fungal mass can be removed by washing the leaves with a strong stream of water or by mowing when weather conditions are dry. In wet or humid weather, remove slime mold with a rake or broom, since spraying with water will spread the mold to other areas. In many cases the slime mold will turn black and disintegrate within a few days on its own.

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that is gross!!!

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Ewww, I have that too

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Posted by ChrisDee

Ewww, I have that too

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Don't feel bad. I found it in my compost bin this morning. I took as much out as I could and aerated it a bunch! Tis the season for slime mold?