Nature people... What the heck is this?

[K_W]

My girlfriend and I were at Marrot Park tonight and we came across this very weird stuff coming out of an old chopped down vine. It was like half dried ice cream, but it was coming from the plant, and covered in bugs. It was coming from where the vine was cut and it was dripping steadily what I assume is water, but what is the colorful stuff? Why is it colorful? And what is it's purpose?

 

[gunselman]

I am pretty sure that is just the sap of the vine. I have seen this before when i have chopped vines and come back a few days later.

 

[IndyMonkey]

Oh man that's bad. Dibbs on your guns.

 

[pudly]

I think I saw that in a science fiction movie. Didn't it eat Sheboygan or something?

 

[Mokkie]

Did this glow after dark? Just asking?

 

[boozoo]

I thought that was the crap that covered Stephen King up in Creepshow.

No wait.. that stuff was green.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Slime mold?

 

[Sweetums]

Sherbet Ice Cream!

 

[K_W]

We were not there after dark, and it looked and "felt" like dried sherbert.

 

[VanillaThunder]

could it be possibly something like this: 6-Pk. Evolved Habitats Stump Licker, Big Game, Evolved Habitats at Sportsman's Guide ??

 

[shibumiseeker]

Sap from the grapevine. The color is from bacterial or fungal growth on it.

 

[HandK]

It will turn into this!!!!

 

[IndyMonkey]

Is the op still alive of has he turned into a zombie yet?

 

[sgt.porter]

Slime mold?

I agree

 

[AFA1CY]

What ever it is, I wouldn't touch it.

 

[K_W]

Is the op still alive of has he turned into a zombie yet?

I'm here.

 

[IndyMonkey]

I'm here.

oh, no its starting.

 

[seamusalaska]

Poke it with a stick. If it starts to climb the stick, run , run, run away! I learned this from the movies.

 

[salemons]

What did it taste like?

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I still think it's slime mold...

But all the insects in it may make me change my mind.

Could someone go out and cut a vine like this and tell me what color THAT sap is? Freshly cut?