Stuc a' Chroin and Ben Vorich

Stuc a' Chroin and Ben Vorich

Thursday 3 November 2011

This is not a quiz


Anyone know what this might be? We saw a small amount of this jelly-like substance on the road near the fish farm and thought it was related to processes carried out there, but this picture is taken well up the hill. The fact that it's next to a wooden post is irrelevant.

6 comments:

AlanR said...

It's called Star Jelly as well as other names.
A strange phenomenon.
I could go into more detail but it's worth Googling it if you wish to know more.

afootinthehills said...

Hi Alan - yes I've just discovered that! It is odd isn't it? Thanks for replying. Hope you are fully recovered and you are both ready for your trip to NZ.

Cheers.

bob Andrews said...

We saw some a week ago on the Preseli Hills in West Wales. If this is an alien invasion it might solve the Greek problem

afootinthehills said...

It'll take something like an alien invasion for sure.

I've discovered that this phenomenon was the subject of an item on BBC Scotland's 'Reporting Scotland' this year. I must have been asleep!

Keith said...

We get a very similar substance here in New England Australia, and it is a fungus.
Keith.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/

afootinthehills said...

Hello Le Loup - as far as I can tell the scientists here still aren't sure what it is!