Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wet Nostoc commune, aka star jelly. CINCINNATI – Springtime weather brings beautiful flowers, trees and ... dark green, rubbery ...

Springtime weather brings beautiful flowers, trees and ... dark green, rubbery blobs? If you've spotted any alien-looking, gelatinous globs in your yard, chances are you've stumbled across Nostoc ...

DAYTON — As it is said, April showers bring May flowers, but it also brings a jelly-like mass to yards. The jelly-like mass is an organism called the Nostoc commune and thrives in wet conditions.

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Hawaiians call Nostoc commune “limu ka kanaka,” which translates to “man-striking moss.” This is due to people striking the ground hard from slipping on this alga. As Nostoc creates a danger for homes ...

The response of Nostoc commune and Nostoc flagelliforme (terrestrial blue-green algae), grown in their natural habitat, towards rewetting after prolonged drought periods (2 weeks up to five years) has ...

The subspecies Nostoc commune var. flagelliforme and N. commune var. commune are found in China (Ningxia Province, Inner Mongolia) as two morphologically different ecotypes of the ...

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