making tidy sclerotia - The Slime Mould Collective2024-03-29T10:33:27Zhttp://slimoco.ning.com/forum/topics/making-tidy-sclerotia?commentId=3917201%3AComment%3A22144&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy method for drying out phys…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2014-12-12:3917201:Comment:222252014-12-12T14:52:19.195ZHeather Barnetthttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/HeatherBarnett
<p>My method for drying out physarum is to encourage the slime mould to grow onto slightly damp tissue paper, then remove any food, take the lid of the dish and keep it in the dark. It usually dries into sclerota quite neatly. I then cut the dried tissue paper into pieces of sclerota for later resurrection.</p>
<p>My method for drying out physarum is to encourage the slime mould to grow onto slightly damp tissue paper, then remove any food, take the lid of the dish and keep it in the dark. It usually dries into sclerota quite neatly. I then cut the dried tissue paper into pieces of sclerota for later resurrection.</p> According to this page: http:…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2014-12-12:3917201:Comment:221442014-12-12T01:50:40.204ZJadenhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/Jaden
According to this page: <a href="http://miriam-english.org/files/slime-molds/AmateurScientist_slime-mold.html" target="_blank">http://miriam-english.org/files/slime-molds/AmateurScientist_slime-mold.html</a> (about halfway down on the page)<br />
You want to dry the slime out in no less than 24hrs, yet no more than 48hrs. A week is giving them too much time to escape.<br />
When I get my cultures started again I will try a few different methods and post which one works best.
According to this page: <a href="http://miriam-english.org/files/slime-molds/AmateurScientist_slime-mold.html" target="_blank">http://miriam-english.org/files/slime-molds/AmateurScientist_slime-mold.html</a> (about halfway down on the page)<br />
You want to dry the slime out in no less than 24hrs, yet no more than 48hrs. A week is giving them too much time to escape.<br />
When I get my cultures started again I will try a few different methods and post which one works best.