Can anyone tell me what this is???

[Perris]

v curious; there seems to be quite a lot loose in the environs, which suggests eggs to me rather than plant/fungus. Have you got a microscope to have a close look at one of them?

 

[KelsiJH]

I emailed the Ohio dept. of wildlife to see if they could tell me what it is, but haven't heard anything back. I wish I had access to a microscope! I might try to get ahold of a magnifying glass though. I'll update if and when I have an answer!

 

[VA Jenny]

Black pearl slime mold. Google it.

 

[moniquem]

Barf....

 

[Helloworld]

Thats a slime mold. We get them in the fall sometimes on falling leaves sitting.
It is an amoeba that actually moves. One year, we set up a game camera on a batch we found on an old log. I know, lol it was nasty and we thought it was crow regurgitate from eating frog eggs.
Husband said lets see if they hatch. A couple of days later, he says he thought they moved an inch? I am like what? So we marked the log and sure enough, it moved. Someone told us it was a mushroom fungus and we needed glasses lol but took it to a Botany lab at a university and they told us it was actually an amoeba not a mushroom fungus and can be from white to cherry red balls. Eats dead wood and wetter areas. Harmless but

So nasty looking!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Thats a slime mold. We get them in the fall sometimes on falling leaves sitting.
It is an amoeba that actually moves. One year, we set up a game camera on a batch we found on an old log. I know, lol it was nasty and we thought it was crow regurgitate from eating frog eggs.
Husband said lets see if they hatch. A couple of days later, he says he thought they moved an inch? I am like what? So we marked the log and sure enough, it moved. Someone told us it was a mushroom fungus and we needed glasses lol but took it to a Botany lab at a university and they told us it was actually an amoeba not a mushroom fungus and can be from white to cherry red balls. Eats dead wood and wetter areas. Harmless but

So nasty looking!

 

[KelsiJH]

Well it looks like the consensus is that it's a slime mold! It's just so weird looking- I've never seen one before. I'm just glad it isn't eggs Lol! Thanks everyone!

 

[andreanar]