There's this fascinating gauze like layer over some areas of my garden.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

There's this fascinating gauze like layer over some areas of my garden.

[sunnjax@tech.lgbt]

@dillyd Cool! Do you think it’s mycelia?

[lydiaschoch@mastodon.social]

@dillyd They look like spider webs, but I don’t think spiders build webs on the ground generally?!

Fascinating, though.

[sunumbral@beige.party]

@dillyd Was it there when the snow melted, or did it happen after?

[sunumbral@beige.party]

@dillyd Oh, read alt text and it sounds like it was there.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@sunumbral I'm not sure. Today was the first day I could venture to that point without sinking into snow and mud

[carolannie@c.im]

@SunnJax @dillyd it looks like snow mold

[bikil@mastoart.social]

@dillyd I get that here in the Pacific Northwest, US as well. I always assumed it was something like a silkworm or a creature of that kind, but I'm not sure!

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@carolannie @SunnJax
I never heard of it but that looks about right. But wow, the Wikipedia article talks about it as a disease and a pathogen, not as an organism in and of itself, I guess just because it damages people's precious lawns 😂
Speaking of which, while we were all outdoors enjoying the weather, some salespeople were going door to door selling lawn treatment services. We laughed them out of there.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@lydiaschoch
I'm guessing snow mold as @carolannie suggested.
We get cobwebs spiders here but their webs are much more dense. This was super light.