Identification: Please ID Fungus

Discussion in 'Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds' started by Pancake, Jun 10, 2013.

  1. Pancake

    Pancake New Member

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    Very humid here. We are at the panhandle of Florida. It appears to start off light and then turning brown (maybe absorbing paint from porch). It is on a shelf on a screened-in porch. What is this? The dots on it are condensation. It is like fur or hair.
     

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  3. Pancake

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    That's good info! Makes me want to explore more.

    This just seems like hair, though. Doesn't look like a mushroom. I am hoping to attach a better picture of it with this. It is now dark brown.
     

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    A slime mold...
    congratulations!
     
  6. Pancake

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    It is interesting, but I reckon that means other things for the porch's wood :)
     
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    vitog Contributor 10 Years

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    Pancake, slime molds don't damage the wood. They are feeding on bacteria and other microbes on the surface of the wood. However, that doesn't mean that there isn't any damage being done by fungi in the wood.
     

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