Dark Green Blobs of slime all over garden

mayotom

Over the past week I have started to notice dark green blobs of Algae like stuff throughout the garden on on driveways, they are dry to touch but are full of water and green slime, so get very messy when walked on, anybody have any ideas what they could be or how to get rid of them

Funsterdelux

Here's an interesting article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/outdoors/articles/jelly/

Don't think its the same as your Blobs, but I know what you're talking about.

kylith

My money's on Slime Mold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold

mayotom

They do look a little like these, however they are dark green and not attached anything, these are like balls on the ground

Mothman

Where is this? your location mentions Portugal!

kylith

mayotom wrote: »

They do look a little like these, however they are dark green and not attached anything, these are like balls on the ground

I suppose that the colour and where you'd find them would depend on the species.

Any chance of a photo?

mayotom

Mothman wrote: »

Where is this? your location mentions Portugal!

its actually in Mayo, I'm back here for a week. will try to get some photos in the morning, it seems to be more prevalent in areas of the garden where my father has used roundup to kill weeds over the past few months which would match with Kyliths suggestion of slime mold which feeds off dead plants

artieanna

I think this is what you are talking about...all you need to know to get rid of it is in the link too..

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bluegreenalgae.htm

littlebug

artieanna wrote: »

I think this is what you are talking about...all you need to know to get rid of it is in the link too..

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bluegreenalgae.htm

What an interesting algae!

I've been looking at globs of it just around the corner from me at the gateway into an old house (also in Mayo). Like it says in the link it seems to disappear and reappear after rain. I was wondering what it was!

Funsterdelux

artieanna wrote: »

I think this is what you are talking about...all you need to know to get rid of it is in the link too..

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bluegreenalgae.htm

Thats the stuff alright! Yuck

mayotom

thats exactly the stuff we have at home too