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tucker85

10-05-2013 10:26 AM

What the Heck is this? Fungus?

It's been a rainy, humid summer in South Florida. After 4 day of continuous rain I discovered this on a small phalaenopsis. Does anyone have any idea what it is? I'm thinking some kind of fungus maybe related to a mushroom.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...e10181-003.jpg

Nexogen

10-05-2013 10:47 AM

White secretion covering the eggs gave the impression of a bird dropping.
Possible Reduviidae eggs.

tucker85

10-05-2013 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexogen (Post 615836)

White secretion covering the eggs gave the impression of a bird dropping.

No, it's something that's growing.

Nexogen

10-05-2013 10:51 AM

OMG

Remove and destroy the plant in order to avoid the spreading of the pathogens to healthy plants.

ronaldhanko

10-05-2013 11:23 AM

It should wipe off and then use a little alcohol on the area.

Paul	10-05-2013 11:43 AM

Looks like a slime mold to me. If so, they are not pathogenic to plants.

SJF	10-05-2013 04:42 PM

tucker, I looked up all sorts of thins on the net and google images. It does seem to resemble slime mold

Ray	10-06-2013 08:43 AM

Cinnamon will kill slime mold. Wipe it off, and spray with a cinnamon "tea".

tucker85

10-06-2013 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SJF (Post 615947)

tucker, I looked up all sorts of thins on the net and google images. It does seem to resemble slime mold

You may be right. It does look like some of those pictures of slime mold on google.

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