Scrambled-egg slime mold looks much like its name. It�s a scrambled-egg shade of yellow and it attracts a lot of attention. Scrambled-egg slime is found throughout North America and in shady, moist places such as forest floors, rotting wood and tree stumps, and in a cool weather during Spring and Fall.
Scrambled-egg�s yellow slimey stage usually only lasts for about 24 hours and may cover relatively large areas. After the yellow slimey stage, it turns into a purplish and/or a brownish powdery, crusty like blob. This stage lasts for about a month.
In 1973, an odd extensive patch of yellow pulsating �blobs� of Scrambled-egg slime plasmodia appeared in Dallas, Texas. These blobs cuased a near panic among the people living there. Some of the residents there thought these �blobs� were either aliens form outer space or mutant bacteria preparing to take over the earth!
Although it may seem odd to some people, Scrambled-egg slime and another slime mold are fried and eaten by some of the native people living in Veracruz, Mexico. These edible slime molds are giving the name caca de luna by the locals living there.
