post on r/whatisthisthing for a more serious answer
Edit: [solved.](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/vjtzgr/found_in_a_house_in_eastern_oregon_high_desert/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
This has been crossposted ten times as of my writing, in several cases to mycology specific subreddits such as r/mycology:
https://old.reddit.com/r/mycology/comments/vjr7rl/what_is_this_does_this_belong_here/
That thread and this one in r/moldlyinteresting:
https://old.reddit.com/r/MoldlyInteresting/comments/vjqyi9/found_in_a_house_in_eastern_oregon_high_desert/
both mention Stemonitis sp. as the likely culprit:
>Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemonitis
Have faith in Redditors
I got banned in my redneck part of the world we call plum bobs bum plums suggested it was that and they then told me i was a piece of shit and listened to no reason lol
>A spore germinates to form a wandering amoeba-like creature eating mostly bacteria, and which under certain conditions can develop a cilia tail and move about like a tadpole, or develop lobes called pseudopodia, with which it moves like a slug.
Yea I'm good
some of us get the instinct that just says "poke the thing", i get the same impulse seeing videos of lava or white hot metal, with the small ammount of willpower i posses it's a wonder i've surrvived tbf
It’s a coffee filter that was abandoned for 200 years in a cave, gained consciousness and crawled out. Now it’s sucking in electrical power to evolve further.
It’s a slime mold, which aren’t actually a mold nor a fungus. This one is likely Stemonitis sp.
Check out r/slimemolds for more info about them
ETA: check out this [slimer primer](https://www.reddit.com/user/saddestofboys/comments/tqtz0g/the_slimer_primer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) which was made by u/saddestofboys aka the slime guy
Oh, I've known this one for so long!
It's actually not that strange, it's a lovely type of indoor fungus. They are attracted to wet places, so there may have been a water leakage inside the walls or so. The house owners probably didn't know the rules on how to properly take care of the house, since this type of fungus usually grows in deserted places that have been given up. The ooze smells bad but no need to cry, it won't hurt anyone.
That one's pretty big already. There's most likely more growing inside the walls, and the house owner should know what's been going on inside. If they're not blind they should be able to see it around the corners of the house.
And if you're asking how I'm feeling about this? The only problem is that these guys won't easily give up their habitat, they are fully committed to their places, you usually don't get this from other fungi. So it won't give you up easily, but there are some methods to get rid of it. More info to make you understand: [They are called red ooze fungus, or ginger carpet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
"Many slime molds, mainly the "cellular" slime molds, do not spend most of their time in this state. When food is abundant, these slime molds exist as single-celled organisms. When food is in short supply, many of these single-celled organisms will congregate and start moving as a single body. "
Gray goo confirmed
Found some google image results of similar, but not the same, looking molds: [1](https://images.app.goo.gl/FqHVFciFG9nEYxh78), [2](https://images.app.goo.gl/3dPfEC3kbqRkkfbs7), [3](https://images.app.goo.gl/JiDSmCZgiHwM5kP98). Hard to find the right search terms, or maybe this is an unusual mold. I would remove that switch plate and check things out. If mold, this growth should be attached to some wood or wet drywall, and there should be more of it back there. Otherwise my best guess is that someone with really weird hair got scalped in your home?
> Paint and drywall isn't exactly the most nutrient dense food
You'd be surprised... if it's a fungus, many of the commercially grown fungi out there are grown in sawdust so drywall is probably plenty nourishing. Some fungus (like oyster mushrooms) can thrive on almost anything, even toxic oil sludge. Many species (even some psilocybes) are happy af on cardboard. Ironically it's well known nutrient-poor substrates can actually make fungi grow *faster.*
Fungi are incredible organism.... when they live outside and don't look like a Tribble on its period banging a wall outlet.
as a kid i had bad sinus issues and i remember once in class i had a really bad stuffy nose and at the same time a minor nose bleed then i sneezed so hard my eyes almost popped out and it shot this large snotty bloody mass out onto my desk it was kinda hard towards the center and some kids thought it was a chunk of brain (this was in 3rd grade so we all were pretty fucking stupid) and after it came out it felt better than an orgasm my god the relief, i went home and after a visit to the Otolaryngologist (ears nose n throat doctor) they found i had a severe infection and had them go in and suck out any fluid build ups and remove any other blockages or block build ups. anyways this kinda reminded me of that.
post on r/whatisthisthing for a more serious answer Edit: [solved.](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/vjtzgr/found_in_a_house_in_eastern_oregon_high_desert/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Yeah it doesn't seem like this post will get any helpful answers anytime soon Edit: welp we got answers
That's the most fucking frustrating sub to post anything onto.
First comment: Back away from the object immediately and call your local bomb disposal unit. Second comment: Its a Croquet ball, hit it with a mallet.
This has been crossposted ten times as of my writing, in several cases to mycology specific subreddits such as r/mycology: https://old.reddit.com/r/mycology/comments/vjr7rl/what_is_this_does_this_belong_here/ That thread and this one in r/moldlyinteresting: https://old.reddit.com/r/MoldlyInteresting/comments/vjqyi9/found_in_a_house_in_eastern_oregon_high_desert/ both mention Stemonitis sp. as the likely culprit: >Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemonitis Have faith in Redditors
that's cool, whatever words you said, but "moldlyinteresting" is amazing
I thought they banned "kill it with fire" posts.
Fuckers banned me cause I didn’t know what kind of drink I had
Seriously? Lol, that is a new pinnacle of stupid on their part.
I argued with the mod for a few minutes, they wouldn’t admit they were wrong, muted me, and banned me
Yes some mods are small dick little Hitlers
BuT MoDs Do 3.4mIL WoRtH Of WoRk…..
you can do 3.4 mil worth of work but you can't do a single push up?
I got banned in my redneck part of the world we call plum bobs bum plums suggested it was that and they then told me i was a piece of shit and listened to no reason lol
Or r/moldlyinteresting
/r/mycology I think is a good one when you know it's fungus or mold Quick Edit: It's already there and answered >Slime mold, probably Stemonitis sp.
I genuinely thought I was there first lmao
The one comment someone left in this subreddit was: Slime mold, possibly Stemonitis sp.
>A spore germinates to form a wandering amoeba-like creature eating mostly bacteria, and which under certain conditions can develop a cilia tail and move about like a tadpole, or develop lobes called pseudopodia, with which it moves like a slug. Yea I'm good
After reading this, I’m not.
r/subsithoughtifellfor
Yeah I thought I was on there at first, and was thinking, “these people are going to get banned for jokes”
Gonna guess some sort of slime mould.
90% of the time it's a slime mold on the "what is this weird slimy moldy thing" type posts lol
Yup. 90s Nick up in here.
Calm down there Egon.
Or r/mycology
I don't really know what your cology has to do with this but I really wish we could talk about something else for a change.
/r/ourcology
WHY WOULD THEY TOUCH IT???
You get in the room, in the dark, try to turn on the light, it touches you
Thanks. I hate it.
Yes, but just wait until you see how it tastes.
I quit smoking, but I’m going to buy a pack of cigarettes now to make the disgusting association you just created in my head go away.
The best Big Mac you’ll ever had. Because this is your first Big Mac. And it will also be your last.
Consensual
Hey, consent is important with something like that.
If I reached for my light switch in the dark and poked something wet and squishy I think my soul would leave my body.
It's Shia LaBeouf
[Shia LaBeouf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI) for the uninitiated.
It’s Shia LaBeouf
you are now one with it, accept your destiny
some of us get the instinct that just says "poke the thing", i get the same impulse seeing videos of lava or white hot metal, with the small ammount of willpower i posses it's a wonder i've surrvived tbf
Probably the same instinct that allowed prehistoric tribes to test things. "Grog scream after touch thing. Me not touch thing."
it seems i'm decended from a long line of test dummies
a necessary test dummy, and obvious successful ones otherwise you wouldn't have this trait. the human race thank you.
Is your name Kevin?
Does your tool box does not have a designated poking stick?
mine *definitely* does, jic.
Because... fluffy!
I know! They need to lick it too! For science...
Wat?
It looks furry. It's cute
This. This is how we got covid.
What’s it taste like?
I had one in my house once and it tastes like the white pee that guys make mixed with blood.
Cum?
Might be cum. Might be pus from the syphilis or gonorrhea. Maybe a yeastie boy
Shakespeare could never have come up with the sentences you just did. *bravo*
I’ve read all of his tragedies, all of kings work. Am genius
The only thing tragic is not having some fat iambic bars about yeastie boys.
The infection yeastie boy or the alcoholism yeastie boy? I can write a mean haiku about both if you want.
Idk- didn’t he reference having syphilis himself?
Probably. He referenced vaginas and dicks.
Yeastie Boys always on vacation.
Not on his dick they working overtime
Sometimes i wish i was illiterate fr
r/cursedcomments
Dafuq
Someone misplaced their tumor
It's not a tumor
It’s a coffee filter that was abandoned for 200 years in a cave, gained consciousness and crawled out. Now it’s sucking in electrical power to evolve further.
A "folgers facehugger", if you will.
The best part of wakin' up
is folgers in your cup
The power company doesn't want you to know this one trick that will save you thousands... Click on this oosing pulsating thing to learn more
AWSOME
Add multiple surprised woman photos from Shutterstock
That’s tumaAAH
It’s some kind of bleeding fungus. No idea what the genus is.
Aaaaaaand now we have wall urchins
I’ll take wall urchins over immortal hydra hammerhead worms
It’s a slime mold, which aren’t actually a mold nor a fungus. This one is likely Stemonitis sp. Check out r/slimemolds for more info about them ETA: check out this [slimer primer](https://www.reddit.com/user/saddestofboys/comments/tqtz0g/the_slimer_primer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) which was made by u/saddestofboys aka the slime guy
Man there is a subreddit for everything now lol
What about r/nothereisnt?
It's a Berry muffin
It was me Berry
Oh hey, other Barrry.
Barry Muffin, damn glad to meet ya!
*forbiddon berry muffin
you little shit it's not a tumor
It’s a headache!
It’s a me Mario
Eet ees nat a toomaaaah
OHREALLY!?
It’s nadatoomuh
Oh, I've known this one for so long! It's actually not that strange, it's a lovely type of indoor fungus. They are attracted to wet places, so there may have been a water leakage inside the walls or so. The house owners probably didn't know the rules on how to properly take care of the house, since this type of fungus usually grows in deserted places that have been given up. The ooze smells bad but no need to cry, it won't hurt anyone. That one's pretty big already. There's most likely more growing inside the walls, and the house owner should know what's been going on inside. If they're not blind they should be able to see it around the corners of the house. And if you're asking how I'm feeling about this? The only problem is that these guys won't easily give up their habitat, they are fully committed to their places, you usually don't get this from other fungi. So it won't give you up easily, but there are some methods to get rid of it. More info to make you understand: [They are called red ooze fungus, or ginger carpet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
I knew you sounded way too enthusiastic
Lol this sounds suspiciously like something a fungus would say. He’s one of them forsure
"ginger carpet" was a dead giveaway.
"Lovely"
😂 lovely indoor fungus
Dammit, that's the second time in less than 24 hrs 😂🤣
I was gonna be very disappointed, given the wording, if it wasn't exactly that.
Ty for explaining. Still looks gross lol
Click the link
Dafuq again XDD
Yep.. he explained it so reasonably lol
Ginger carpet ….
Ginger carpet. Damn, you got me.
>!god damn you sold that so well...!<
Dang it lol
Nice try
Got me.
They should just name it that. Scientifically.
They’re heeeeeeeere
It looks like you tried to turn off the lights with a chicken liver.
Came here to say the same thing, even better that it was said by someone also named Noah!
r/noahgettheboat
Someone please tell me this is just some kind of fungus.
it's just some kind of fungus
There you go.
Thank you!
U r whalecum bby
This is the clarity I come to reddit for.
Alright everybody. move on
It’s a slime mold which is not actually a mold nor is it a fungus
Wait what are slime molds if not fungi?
[They’re everything and nothing at the same time.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold)
"Many slime molds, mainly the "cellular" slime molds, do not spend most of their time in this state. When food is abundant, these slime molds exist as single-celled organisms. When food is in short supply, many of these single-celled organisms will congregate and start moving as a single body. " Gray goo confirmed
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Slowly, but yeah, they can move.
The species in the image isn’t an aggregate, it’s an individual amoeba which is single celled
Can confirm because you told me too. It's funduga
„Just some kind of fungus“ have you played the last of us :D
r/moldlyinteresting
r/angryupvote
r/slimemold
Man that would be a cool sub if it was more active
r/slimemolds
r/moldlyinteresting is pretty active
Looks like a slice of beet
Fact: bears eat beets.
Battlestar gallactica
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM! MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER FROM IT EACH YEAR!
MICHAEL!
Oh, very funny. MICHAEL!
I think you’re absolutely right
That's the **Trouble with Tribbles**! 😁
the blood tribble. run. you are not safe.
Very logical deduction.
I have never seen this in Oregon, maybe post in a r/biology
have you seen this outside of Oregon?
I’ve only been to Washington and California, and I didn’t see it there either lmao
r/dataisbeautiful
I have not seen it in Michigan either.
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>when touched # when WHAT?
touched
Thanks for the clarification.
"oozing when touched" WHY would you touch it
Its next to a light switch. Imagine you walk in to a talk room and feel for the switch and instead get a squish
🪦 -me
Santa Clarita diet, anyone?
Omggggg
That show is the most compelling Range Rover/Starbucks crossover commercial I've ever seen
I loved that show!
I love Olyphant in everything (especially Justified) but he was so great in this with Drew.
I can watch anything he's in, even when it's not great.
So disappointed they cancelled it.
I need to know if Joel is ok
Literally watching it now
Stranger Things Vibes
Just a good Ol wall kidney. No worries
It can safely be removed. Every house is built with two, but only need one to function.
That's a mature covid.
Whatever it is, it's turned on..
Please turn around and walk out of this comment section
It's one of Vecna's portal's, you better bust out your AirPods!
"it doesn't hurt me, yea yea yoooo"
I believe that's a form of slime mold
Sorry, it’s house herpes. Better get yourself checked out.
😞damn
This looks like a SCP
When you on your period and go to the bathroom for the first time in the morning.
It’s most likely a fungus, go to one of the mushroom ID’ing subs
Found some google image results of similar, but not the same, looking molds: [1](https://images.app.goo.gl/FqHVFciFG9nEYxh78), [2](https://images.app.goo.gl/3dPfEC3kbqRkkfbs7), [3](https://images.app.goo.gl/JiDSmCZgiHwM5kP98). Hard to find the right search terms, or maybe this is an unusual mold. I would remove that switch plate and check things out. If mold, this growth should be attached to some wood or wet drywall, and there should be more of it back there. Otherwise my best guess is that someone with really weird hair got scalped in your home?
On the plus side, at least you've got dinner sorted
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> Paint and drywall isn't exactly the most nutrient dense food You'd be surprised... if it's a fungus, many of the commercially grown fungi out there are grown in sawdust so drywall is probably plenty nourishing. Some fungus (like oyster mushrooms) can thrive on almost anything, even toxic oil sludge. Many species (even some psilocybes) are happy af on cardboard. Ironically it's well known nutrient-poor substrates can actually make fungi grow *faster.* Fungi are incredible organism.... when they live outside and don't look like a Tribble on its period banging a wall outlet.
Looks like a light switch to me
touch it…for science or this sub whichever you prefer
You fucking TOUCHED that!?!
as a kid i had bad sinus issues and i remember once in class i had a really bad stuffy nose and at the same time a minor nose bleed then i sneezed so hard my eyes almost popped out and it shot this large snotty bloody mass out onto my desk it was kinda hard towards the center and some kids thought it was a chunk of brain (this was in 3rd grade so we all were pretty fucking stupid) and after it came out it felt better than an orgasm my god the relief, i went home and after a visit to the Otolaryngologist (ears nose n throat doctor) they found i had a severe infection and had them go in and suck out any fluid build ups and remove any other blockages or block build ups. anyways this kinda reminded me of that.
Looks like something from Stranger Things
Mold of some kind?
Plussy
don't worry that's just my mate Gary, he's chill