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| Nostoc commune (Latin name), also known as "jelly fungus". © Eugene Brennan |
Well not quite. This is probably Nostoc commune (Latin name), also known as "jelly fungus", "star jelly" or "witch's butter". It's not actually a fungus, but a colony of bacteria. There's loads of it in a patch on my yard, but it sometimes grows on lawns. It's extremely slippery on a lawn. Apparently it's eaten as a salad in the Philippines when dried out. I'm a fussy eater so I won't be trying it anytime soon.
More information on jelly fungus here on Wikipedia.
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