Dog Vomit Slime Mould - Fuligo septica
It is commonly known as the Dog Vomit Slime Mould or scrambled Egg Slime because of its peculiar yellowish, bile-colored appearance.
Woodland with dead and fallen trees, but increasingly on wood chip and bark mulches.
All year round.
Found on dead wood and often on wood chip and bark mulch.
Widespread and common in England.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Rob Sayer
Leicester, Knighton Spinney
23 June 2022
Melinda Bell
Grace Dieu Woods
03 October 2022
stepgray4
Great Merrible Wood
29 July 2023
Rob Sayer
Leicester, Knighton Spinney
23 June 2022
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
12 June 2022
2022-06-12
Peter Smith
Swithland, Stocking Wood
07 August 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Slime Moulds
- Kingdom:
- Protozoa
- Order:
- Physarida
- Family:
- Physaraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 35
- First record:
- 15/09/2002 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 17/09/2024 (Graves, Hazel)
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Peter Smith
Leicester, Abbey Park
29 June 2021
Melinda Bell
Grace Dieu Woods
03 October 2022
egaten
Bouskell Park, Blaby
04 September 2024
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
24 June 2011
Hazel Graves
Charnwood Lodge
21 July 2022
Groby John
Mountsorrel Heritage Centre
22 August 2024
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
09 July 2013
