CINCINNATI – 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nostoc commune, also called star jelly, appears greenish and rubbery when wet. Springtime weather brings beautiful flowers, trees ...

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.

You may have noticed greenish/brown jelly like blobs appearing in your drive way or lawn. That is called Nostoc. It is a type of bacteria that gets its energy from photosynthesis like plants do.

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 ...

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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 ...