I'm not suggesting you do it, but if you wet the one that is dried up with a hose spray, the mold spores will come out in something like smoke. It's pretty neat to watch.

I'll definitely do it!

Harmless to soil and plants in any case. Fungi often show up on decaying wood (such as mulch) and are an important degrader of woody stuff as well as being an integral part of soil health.

Yep, slime mold. Look it up on wiki, very cool. Not actually fungi - different kingdom entirely.

Always fun to re-post the slime mold timelapse!!!

Timelapse Slime Mold

Way cool. I always forget slime mold isn't a 'mold' after all.

It's way cooler than you know. It moves and if it is split in two, it will move together and rejoin.

Yea, it looks cool when they film it in stop frame over a few days. Looks like "The Blob" crawling around!

>>It moves and if it is split in two, it will move together and rejoin.

HOW DO IT KNOW??!?

I have a yellow slime mold that lives in my worm bin. I have the kind of worm bin with trays you swap out, empty, and place again at the top: the slime mold just moves upward through the trays and lives on. Had it for at least a year. Its name is Fred.

For some horrifying, fascinating amusement, go on youtube and search for 'slime mold'.