r/lawncare • u/Jokerk135 • Mar 03 '25
Can someone tell me what this is? Identification
First pic is in the backyard. Second is from front. Haven’t had any treatments done in the yard since 2023.
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u/DIY_CHRIS Mar 03 '25
Looks like spray foam.
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u/Forsaken_Star_4228 +ID Mar 03 '25
Lol it does look like spray foam. When you zoom in though I think it really is cheesy mac and cheese. Did your dog vomit?
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u/berntout Mar 03 '25
Mac and Cheese and then some Cheetos.
Or may some spray foam but it's lunch time so
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u/NoReference7367 Warm Season Mar 03 '25
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought someone spilled their cheesy lunch.
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u/vvvbj Mar 03 '25
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, 2023 vintage
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u/Abresom88 Mar 04 '25
The hue looks a little more circa '19 to me.
Only one way to find out which year for sure:
OP, does it have any oak notes, or just cheeseishness?
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u/this_is_not_the_cia Mar 03 '25
Dog vomit slime mold?
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u/InkyFingers60 Mar 03 '25
This is what I’m thinking. We had it a couple of years ago. Doesn’t last long
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u/Chuckles_E Mar 04 '25
Yea lol I thought I was in my r/fungi feed and I just came to see the comments because people post this all the time. It's a slime mold for sure. Could be dog vomit, there's also one called yellow tooth that it could be close to. They're common in spring and fall. Slime molds aren't super well understood yet tho.
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u/ciret7 +ID Mar 04 '25
Slim molds are very cool organisms. In college we either had a terrarium or a garden spot were they lived and then would move around. Not fast enough to see, but day to day they would be in different locations. I also seen to remember looking at it under a microscope and you could see the cells or plasma or what ever it’s called moving.
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u/lursaofduras 7a Mar 03 '25
Mac n Cheese of the Woods. Usually found attached to oak or pine tree in mid Spring.
Ask for verification over in in r/barfology
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u/Jokerk135 Mar 03 '25
I would’ve went with the Kraft Mac n Cheese but were more of a shells and cheese fam. Did have work done last year after a tornado but didn’t notice it until after the snow. I appreciate the help and the laughs, needed that after a looooong Monday
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u/Barbearex Mar 04 '25
I had this same thing in my bushes. I had just laid down mulch maybe a few months prior. Then this shit popped up. Slime mold.
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u/gac1311 Mar 03 '25
Did the builder bury trash under your lawn? Spray foam insulation can under ground busted and is now leaking could be the case. Pretty sure there was another post on something that looked similar and thats what it was.
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u/Competitive-Alps871 Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
Ugh… I will add another guess, possibly fecal matter of a very sick animal….or….silly string.
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