Advice for yellow slime mold

[BeauBlues]

I've been having this stuff pop up all over my yard. Occasionally it gets on my palms. The base of my young parajubaea got surrounded by it, almost overnight. The trunk is very fibrous and not easy to clean. I've read that slime molds aren't like a fungus and aren't really dangerous. Thoughts?

[Matt in OC]

Stop watering at night.

edit: and I'm guessing that the sprayers hit the base of the trunk. I would move them back so they don't and hit the surrounding soil only.

[Josh-O]

11 hours ago, BeauBlues said:

I've been having this stuff pop up all over my yard. Occasionally it gets on my palms. The base of my young parajubaea got surrounded by it, almost overnight. The trunk is very fibrous and not easy to clean. I've read that slime molds aren't like a fungus and aren't really dangerous. Thoughts?

that stuff looks super weird.

 

[Phoenikakias]

Never seen before something similar! 

[Pando]

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[Sanips]

18 minutes ago, Pando said:

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That's exactly what it looks!

[palmad Merc]

Polyurethane palm! 

[Tyrone]

Never seen anything like it. Whack it with some copper fungicide and see what it does.

[Phoenikakias]

Yes, it has also crossed my mind, albeit  one starting to suffer from sun scorch. Another detail very reminiscent of polyurethane foam.

[Sanips]

Shearching on the internet it could be some short of mucilaginous mould (Fuligo septica perhaps -> Dog vomit mould ) and it appears on death wood so maybe, as you've been told, the sprinklers are causing this, maybe they're rotting the fibers and the old leaf shealths.

[Jdiaz31089]

I get that on the ground a lot, and it does look weird, even if it's harmless. I second the notion to re position the sprinkler so that it doesn't hit the trunk and create a wet environment for the mold to grow on. 

[BeauBlues]

6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Never seen anything like it. Whack it with some copper fungicide and see what it does.

Fungicide has very little effect on it. I sprayed it on the trunk before it got that bad. It's almost like I pissed it off more. I moved the sprinklers back a bit. It scrapes off really easy when it gets big enough.