Gel from the fountain

leonardturner · Post by **leonardturner** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:32 am

Draining a small outdoor fountain, I saved some of the water to examine, but then forgot about it for several days. When I got back to it, the water had become a highly viscous clear gelatinoid substance. The few organisms remaining are shown in the second picture. What do I have here?

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:43 am

Fungi.
I do not know which

leonardturner · Post by **leonardturner** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:51 am

Could this be a mucopolysaccharide elaborated by the organism?

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:00 am

I have no idea. Perhaps some partner who knows the topic helps us

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:51 am

Definitely fungi. The dark clusters are spores.