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Unidentified slime mold on grass, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Yesterday these sporangia were a lurid yellow color, and sticky to touch. Today they are dry and crunchy, like a malt candy coated with powdery spores. Help with identification will be sincerely appreciated and swiftly acknowledged. 

Unidentified slime mold on grass, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Yesterday these sporangia were a lurid yellow color, and sticky to touch. Today they are dry and crunchy, like a malt candy coated with powdery spores. Help with identification will be sincerely appreciated and swiftly acknowledged. 

Botanicals: Celeste fig (Ficus caprica).

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This morning I dined on fresh figs and cream – a favorite summer breakfast since I was a boy. This is the only time of year that the birds and I do not get along. They are as greedy for figs as I am, the only difference being that they would eat or despoil them all leaving none for me, while I am willing to leave a few for them outside the netting I use to cover the bush each year. My munificence is not appreciated. 

Botanicals: Celeste fig (Ficus caprica).

Please click to enlarge. 

This morning I dined on fresh figs and cream – a favorite summer breakfast since I was a boy. This is the only time of year that the birds and I do not get along. They are as greedy for figs as I am, the only difference being that they would eat or despoil them all leaving none for me, while I am willing to leave a few for them outside the netting I use to cover the bush each year. My munificence is not appreciated.