"The sporangia are well formed as are the rest of the fruitbody components and spores are released but a dust cloud is seldom noticed but only on occasion and during observation through the dissecting microscope and slide preparation for observing…"
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Sporulation of Physarum
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where to get other types besides physarum
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"and in your cultures do your sporangia release spores into the air, like a dust cloud?
I assume this is a hallmark to know if the sporangia are well formed and viable for germination..."
"I keep the plasmodia in the dark, with the exception of removal for observation with the dissecting microscope. Using moist chamber cultures, petri dishes (plastic or borosilicate) with dampened paper towel and oat flakes. I don't…"
"By "induced sporulation" i mean i basically tried to slowly starve it (less food than needed) in light conditions, after different setups this seems to be the best at causing sporulation (within 7 days) however it never seems to finish…"
"What is it that you mean by "induced sporulation?" Sporulation is a touchy process. As you probably already know, temperature, humidity, and light among the most prominent are major players in getting a plasmodium to…"
Sporulation of Physarum
I've tried quite a bit of sporulation induction for my Physarum culture since I need spores for experiments that I plan to do.However, every time I try inducing the sporulation it appears to die while sporulating, leading to immature sporangia.After…See More
"I've tried it before and had no luck unfortunately where did you collect the bark? In a forest or a more suburban environment?"
"Not sure about roseum but BasseFosseProduction sells Luna (didymium) on Etsy…"
"I don't have any specimens on hand but I used the rough bark of a Flowering Dogwood to prepare moist culture chambers. Other substrates may be just as productive. Incubation time was about 21 days for P. roseum. Soak the bark…"
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Short movie that shows my Physarum polycephalum (aka BLOB; I call mine CHOMPS). This is a first trial.
IMG_0099 P. roseum
"Do you still keep roseum? If so, you wouldn't happen to have extra sclerotia would you?"
where to get other types besides physarum
I was trying to find roseum and Luna. Blobshop has them but they seemed to have disappeared.See More
"Ik ben ook maar een beginner in het verzorgen van physarium..... Maar het is mijn mening dat samenwerking en uitwisseling van ervaringen en kennis de beste manier is om gezamenlijk vooruitgang te boeken. (En het maakt de hobby ook leuker wanneer…"
"Jos,
Ik stuur je dit weekend wel een wat uitgebreidere mail op je rechtstreekse mailadres..
ik weet niet helemaal welke beperkingen dit Collective qua omvang voor reacties heeft.
Besef wel dat ik zelf ook nog maar net ben begonnen maar ik zal mijn…"
"Hallo Jan,
Kun je mij vertellen op welke manier jij jouw Physarum cultiveert?
Ik moet natuurlijk wel een en ander voorbereid hebben als ik een Physarum ga ontvangen.
In wat voor soort container (Petri schaaltjes?) en op welke…"
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