Robert Thompson / Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) and slug on moss. Annagarriff Wood National Nature Reserve, Peatlands Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. August.

Adrian Davies / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica). Sussex, England, UK. October.

Robert Thompson / Slime mould (Fuligo septica) Annagarrif Wood NNR, Peatlands, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, September.

Doug Wechsler / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) on rotten log, Fort Washington State Park, Pennsylvania, USA August

Chris Mattison / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK September

Andy Sands / Slime mold (Fuligo septica) on dead silver birch log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mold (Fuligo septica) plasmodia slime mold on dead wood, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, November . Focus stacked image

Heike Odermatt / Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) on rotting wood with moss in beech forest, Netherlands

Nick Upton / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) on stable dune grassland, Whiteford Burrows, Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, October.

Kim Taylor / Yellow slime mould (Fuligo septica) growing on a rotting pine stump, Surrey, England, April.

Kim Taylor / Yellow slime mould (Fuligo septica) growing on a rotting pine stump, Surrey, England, April.

Kim Taylor / Yellow slime mould (Fuligo septica) growing on a rotting pine stump, Surrey, England, April.

Will Watson / Sulphur-yellow slime mould (Fuligo septica), on dead wood, Llanerchaeron National Trust, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, August.

Alex Hyde / Dog Vomit / Scrambled Egg Slime Mould (Fuligo septica var. septica), a species of plasmodial slime mould (Myxomycetes class). Found on deciduous woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

Alex Hyde / Dog Vomit / Scrambled Egg Slime Mould (Fuligo septica var. septica), a species of plasmodial slime mould (Myxomycetes class). Found on deciduous woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

Adrian Davies / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) plasmodial stage of the myxomycete on a tree stump, UK, December.

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) growing on rotten tree stump, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) UK, September

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) growing on rotten tree stump, UK, September

Robert Thompson / Flowers of tan / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica) on pine needles, Tollymore Forest, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, October

Robert Thompson / Flowers of tan / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica) Tollymore Forest, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Slime Mould {Fuligo septica} sometimes called scrambled egg mould, or dog vomit fungus, UK

Philippe Clement / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica), Belgium

Philippe Clement / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica), Belgium

Heike Odermatt / Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) on rotting wood with moss in beech forest, Netherlands

Andy Sands / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica) on rotten log, Hertfordshire, England, UK. August. Focus stacked.

Nick Upton / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) on vegetation in stable dune grassland, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Wales, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) on vegetation in stable dune grassland, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Wales, UK, October.

Linda Pitkin / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica). Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, UK. September.

Andy Sands / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) early stage sporangia forming, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) sporangia on old tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) close up of sporangia on old tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June - Focus Stacked