Yellow slime mold

Dog Vomit Slim Mold

Myxomycetes (Physaridae family) / June, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright ©2012 by William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved. Many-headed Slime Mold (Physarum polycephalum) Rural Habersham Co., GA (Homewoods)

I found this in the compost heap. It appears to be a slime mould in a productive stage (the photos that show black bits emerging, I presume, although maybe it is the whole plant-like growth. Maybe the black bits are the plasmodium.) I am fascinated! "The Myxomycota, commonly known as slime moulds, are now classified in a separate kingdom, Protoctista. They are a distinctive group of organisms sharing some characters of amoeba and fungi. The mature fruit body, called the sporangium, produces…

Beautiful AND intelligent! This flickr set displays some of the loveliest photos of slime mold (not actually mold, it's just a living organism that uses spores to reproduce). They can solve mazes in order to seek out their food, and apparently also have the capability for short term memory. In experiments where a slime mold that did like light was placed in a box, it learnt to shrink down (as if cowering) when the lid was opened, even when the lid was opened in a dark room. Amazing! I'm…

Examples of yellow fungi (mushrooms): The types of slime molds.

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...This funky yellow blob is a yellow slime mold. Slime molds are not true molds and are classified as Protista...So why is this deserving of our 21st century WunderKammer? This organism represents how the study of life science has changed. These slime molds used to be classified as true fungi. Recent research has shown however that these are protista, and not true fungi at all. Organisms like slime molds also represents the vulnerability biodiversity in our present age.

The first slime mold I saw frightened me. It was growing on a tree stump in our front yard, and I was at that time taking a course in fungal diseases. It really is harmless. It decomposes vegetable matter. The name is a good description of this weird organism. Although it looks like a …

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The slime mould sporangia from a few days back have now taken on a more definite grey colour, w...

Examples of yellow fungi (mushrooms): The types of slime molds.

Heather's sample that she brought to Byam Shaw, Central St. Martins, University of the Arts, London in November 2011

Heather Barnett makes art from physarum polycephalum, including a beautiful timelapse film of its growth. Check out some truly strange GIFs of the work.

Evidence mounts that organisms without nervous systems can in some sense learn and solve problems, but researchers disagree about whether this is “primitive cognition.”

Why slime molds can solve math problems that you can't.

As humans we like to believe only our species is truly intelligent. Research into fungal mycelium is now challenging that assumption…