There was a bit more than you can see in the admittedly bad pic, 8 to 10 blobs,about 1 to 2 inches dia, like wallpaper paste, it had been raining for hours and was still raining but it wasn't melting away..
That's jelly fungus.
Also called crystal brain fungus as above but there are plenty of other names for it and lots of types of it.
Hobbit snot is what we called it as kids.