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BrendanCS said:@Arico

Do you happen to know anything about slime mold fungus? In one particular area I've been getting patches of it on my mulch. My partner has little interest in it since it looks a bit like vomit, but I'm a painter/sculptor and actually think they're kind of beautiful. I've been shoveling it up and tossing it in the mornings though because I'm not sure how beneficial it is.

Slime moulds are not really fungi although they are named that way and formerly were included in the fungal kingdom; but they are now part of the protista (don't try asking about the details because that's too complicated )
They are a congregation of otherwise free living single celled organisms (of the same species). They feed on dead organic matter or microscopic life (bacteria, protozoa, fungi etc) and I've yet to hear of them eating plants.

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/prot...