Cynthia, that frothing "fungus" sounds like Fuligo, a myxomycete, which is locally known as dog puke fungus. Jim McKenney On Sunday, January 26, 2014 7:54 PM, Alberto <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Cynthia, I have always been interested in obtaining clean iris albicans from seed but to no avail. They say it grows wild in S. Arabia where it propagates from seed.