Mike Snook thinks it could be 'a slime mould, a kind of fungus, I have seen several in woods on the base of tree trunks.'
Jean Muir thinks 'It could be some kind of jelly fungus'.
Let us know what you think by using the comments form or email your photos to the team. We have listed some of your comments below. "Cleaning out my pond today, I pulled out a dead frog that has obviously broken open exposing a white "blob", several of your programmes a few months ago were going on about strange "matter" lying about the countryside, here is an actual specimen of the white matter of your discussion."Įuan McIlwraith picked up the sample and took it to the Macaulay Institute for examination. Has the mystery been solved? Out of Doors listener Colin Torrance of West Linton, Peeblesshire, wrote on 10 March 2009: It backs the theory that birds of some species are eating frogs or toads and regurgitating the ovaries, perhaps due to toxins. Historical references: Hans Sluiman's academic colleagues unearthed a 1926 reference in the journal Nature to 'the rot of the stars'. He says there are fungus filaments in the slime but agrees with Hans that they're growing in the gloop rather than creating it.ĭNA tests: Andy's team at the Macaulay Institute ran DNA tests on a sample, but the results were inconclusive - the sample was contaminated. Theories so far: Hans Sluiman, an algae expert at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, told Out of Doors listeners he is convinced the gel itself is not a plant or animal.ĭr Andy Taylor studies fungi at the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen. To try to solve the mystery, Out of Doors has asked some scientists to examine a 'jelly' sample.
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