“I found an odd-looking substance in my mulched beds next to a boxwood last week. This garden bed was replanted a few weeks ago and mulched with shredded bark. At first, I thought my dog had been sick ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - You may have gone out to your garden or landscaping recently and seen it, and instantly started screaming at the Bumpus hounds for being in your yard again. If you did, you're ...

Going by the astrological calendar, we are just getting into the second week of summer. If you use the meteorological calendar, we're wrapping up the first month. Until this past week, our summer has ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - It's coming. There's nothing you can do to stop and frankly, it's gross. We're talking about slime mold and it's not to be confused with the Nickelodeon slime. This week's weather ...

There is nothing wrong with your tree that I can see from looking at the photo. The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up. Slime molds, of which ...

I keep seeing things in my yard that shouldn’t be there, like some yucky yellow stuff. What is it? Rain, humidity and warm temperatures are the perfect petri dish for slime molds and many forms of ...

I was on my regular Duluth dog walk last week when I spotted this in a neighbor’s mulch. I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure this is a slime mold – specifically, “dog vomit” slime mold: Fuligo septica.

It's weirdly alive and beautifully vibrant, but its name might have you turning pale in the face. The scientific name is Fuligo septica, but who can remember that? You can also call it by its nickname ...

They say everybody needs a hobby, and for the past six months, mine has been taking videos and photographs of slime molds in the oak and redwood forests near my home in California. Perhaps we’ve met ...

Q: Can you tell me what the mold-like thing in the photograph is? I think it appeared after a recent rainfall. — Robert, Vero Beach A: It’s good to see a layer of mulch in the landscape. Organic ...

There is something odd growing on my lawn grass. There are small patches where the grass blades turn ashy gray. When I touch it there is a black residue on my fingers. I'm not sure if it is hurting ...