What strange orange substance in growing near my sunflowers?

- orange, bubbbly foamy looking things


I poked it with a stick and they popped and orange guck flew out





WHAT IS THIS STUFF?

What strange orange substance in growing near my sunflowers?
Sounds like a fungus.
Reply:Sounds like a fungus. Don't poke it anymore. :)





Does it look like any of these?





http://www.mushroomexpert.com/aleuria_au...





http://www.pbase.com/generale/image/2445...





http://rurality.blogspot.com/2007/03/ora...





http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/sl...





http://waynesword.palomar.edu/slime1.htm





If it's a slime mold this page says how to treat it:





http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/30...





Good luck! :)
Reply:http://www.wvu.edu/~Agexten/ipm/disease/...