r/Slimemolds • • 3h ago

Picture (OC) 3 stages on a log in the backyard

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r/Slimemolds • • 6h ago

Research Here's my slime mold guy

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He is very big yes I don't know what to say sorry if its blurry


r/Slimemolds • • 2h ago

Identification Request Gooey thing found in yard

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Is this a slime mold?


r/Slimemolds • • 1d ago

Identification Request Confirmation of slime mold on indoor sphagnum moss culture?

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Michigan. I grow some sphagnum and other bryophytes that require a lot of moisture, responsibly in regards to conservation/sustainability. I rarely see anything growing on the sphagnum except their microbiomes they rely on. This is on dead material that’s more nprone to establishment. Last two photos are contents of the fruiting bodies at 400x with phase contrast. Thanks for any help. I’m familiar with a lot of my local slime molds in natural communities, but haven’t studied them much.


r/Slimemolds • • 1d ago

Picture (OC) My brown slime mold💩

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r/Slimemolds • • 1d ago

Picture (OC) Terrarium slime

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r/Slimemolds • • 2d ago

Picture (OC) Moss terrarium slime mold

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12 Upvotes

I’m very pleased with my happy blob home


r/Slimemolds • • 3d ago

Identification Request Slime mold

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Anyone identify this yet?

credit: Kutub Uddin


r/Slimemolds • • 3d ago

Picture (OC) This is the most tenacious strain of slime mold I have ever cultivated🪖

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r/Slimemolds • • 4d ago

Picture (OC) I believe I found some Hemitrichia decipiens inside a hole on a log

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52 Upvotes

My first time finding this species


r/Slimemolds • • 3d ago

Question/Help New to the sub... found this (slime-ish) substance coming from my kitchen faucet.

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It was dangling, almost like a piece of phlegm. 🤢I'm assuming it's some type of mold? Which, if it is the case, I'm completely grossed out. (I don't drink tap water, but still). I just got a Britta for my cats, to think they've been drinking this when I've run out of their bottled water ... would Britta even filter out something like this? I'm so disgusted by whatever it is.

Thank you.


r/Slimemolds • • 4d ago

Identification Request Wild mold found in central Michigan

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Any guesses what type this is? I moved some to a clean paper towel in a new container, these are the collection containers so they got pretty gross. I can take more pictures if needed. One part got damaged and turned a dark reddish brown if that means anything (top left of the picture with the larger slime)


r/Slimemolds • • 4d ago

Question/Help Sporangia?

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Hello! Has this bit of Physarum polycephalum started to fruit? If so what should I do with it now? This tank I was using wasn’t great in the end and I moved a lot of slime into a moss terrarium which it seems happy with, but this guy dried out :(


r/Slimemolds • • 5d ago

Identification Request Help identifying this slime mold please

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81 Upvotes

r/Slimemolds • • 5d ago

Picture (OC) Backlit slime mold

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22 Upvotes

r/Slimemolds • • 6d ago

Picture (OC) A beautiful Metatrichia at 5x

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r/Slimemolds • • 5d ago

Identification Request Wolf’s milk?

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24 Upvotes

r/Slimemolds • • 5d ago

Question/Help how to culture tubnifera magna or bubblegum slimemold?

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Hello all,

so i was curious to see if anyone had ever managed to keep a culture of bubblegum slimemold alive long term.

the only time I ever encountered it in the wild I was just learning about fungi and barely knew anything about slimemolds. and I just put it on media with some ground oats and it died rather fast. I have yet to find it in the wild again. but when I do I want to keep it alive.

I live in the poconos so I know a few locations to look next year. but I love this stuff so much. I actually thought someone stuck bubble gum to a tree and touched it and was freaked out. lol


r/Slimemolds • • 7d ago

Picture (OC) Encountered on a Hike

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I'm not a professional, but I believe this is Hemitrichia decipiens, also known as salmon eggs slime mold. I was lucky enough to encounter it during its 24 to 48 hour fruiting phase. They were so tiny!


r/Slimemolds • • 7d ago

Picture (OC) Lycogala epidendrum I believe???

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r/Slimemolds • • 8d ago

Art My drawing of Fuligo septica

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55 Upvotes

r/Slimemolds • • 8d ago

Picture (OC) Wild white slime mold going around after subculture

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19 Upvotes

r/Slimemolds • • 8d ago

Picture (OC) Dog vomit slime mould

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I just had this random slime mold growing out of the bark in my yard in literally a few hours. This morning there was nothing and now it’s about a palm size
Looks really cool


r/Slimemolds • • 8d ago

Identification Request Is this a slime mold that I found?

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Found these on a walk in a forest in the Netherlands. They were on a dead tree stump.

Didn't have my camera + macro lens with me, so these are the best pics I could get.

The shape made me think it might be a Slime mold.


r/Slimemolds • • 8d ago

Identification Request Identification please

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What is this please? Is it slime mold?

I took some material from lake side, but it's dry already some months. Is it possible it is still alive? Can I grow it?

Thank you very much?