En route to Firswood Metrolink station, we found a roadside Sycamore that had been cut down, probably because of vehicle damage, leaving a stump about 5 feet high. The fungal/slime growths were quite impressive. Thanks to John Taylor of the North West Fungus Group for identifying as Slime Flux - 'sap that is hosting an array of bacteria and fungi but not caused by any species in particular'.
![Misteltoe (Viscum album)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yQIn84_yAQsv0-k23hzhCVwxLv5rIe2DKDg2uc7Ow89yVtdCVCBgeV7BJDByYH9WzOzhf_Vf3ayklfoF3nC5LMSiDm_TYARWM84pyxajOTmcW6bDKbaB_IZ69zHQdxJttmxjI6k5qKUL/s320/20160331-P1020852.JPG) |
Slime Flux |
![Misteltoe (Viscum album)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJnqRzKL1okRbKhpJ70KUK4s2KR4tvRBCSM2-huotKfjZmA6RpnY9BRRDfJSjSP9AG9VqGbMjeydRJ0cKeDuC2EyBqsvV1Mf-cJxxFy8zWq1foCJY8a_OumXf2YRdMYC0vAQxDbfAp7Bl/s320/20160331-P1020853.JPG) |
Slime Flux |
![Misteltoe (Viscum album)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrr_BRRfpb7yzY0_zzX0ORSnKsnT490bg38XnGY5uMaOQU68JR_cV-2SCyfXP6tt7o77QCvVnf193wsV7MZ4enYmxIN4d_tlYUgDshl6-Qn9OKz08q6j1Ce6Rz3-yV6owy7VJOKiiPiVH5/s320/20160331-P1020854.JPG) |
Slime Flux | |
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Cathy and Mike Pettipher
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