Transparent Physarum? - The Slime Mould Collective2024-03-29T10:16:46Zhttp://slimoco.ning.com/forum/topics/transparent-physarum?commentId=3917201%3AComment%3A24189&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAnother form of "transparency…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2017-05-16:3917201:Comment:337602017-05-16T02:19:28.364ZSarah Choukahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahChoukah
<p>Another form of "transparency" I've observed is when the slime mold travels around so fast that it only leaves slimy traces of waste products, as in this picture: <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308441920?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308441920?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a></p>
<p>I'm not sure what conditions make it better for it to keep developing its visible plasmodial tubes vs. just exploring around in as minimal a plasmodial body as possible. Perhaps feeding it more…</p>
<p>Another form of "transparency" I've observed is when the slime mold travels around so fast that it only leaves slimy traces of waste products, as in this picture: <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308441920?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308441920?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"></a></p>
<p>I'm not sure what conditions make it better for it to keep developing its visible plasmodial tubes vs. just exploring around in as minimal a plasmodial body as possible. Perhaps feeding it more regularly (<a href="http://slimoco.ning.com/forum/topics/how-to-get-a-really-big-culture-of-physarum?commentId=3917201%3AComment%3A27579" target="_blank">as this reply in a thread seems to suggest</a>) could be a solution: more availability of nutrients should make for stronger, healthier slime mold I guess. </p> Hi Andrew,
This may be…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2017-05-16:3917201:Comment:338512017-05-16T01:26:30.491ZSarah Choukahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahChoukah
<p>Hi Andrew, </p>
<p>This may be a pretty delayed answer, but I've found <em>Physarum</em> doesn't do well in watery conditions. Just yesterday I tried re-animating a small piece of dried sclerotium in a petri dish where I put too much water in, and the slime mold literally liquefied. Did it look somewhat like this?</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308442311?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308442311?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a></p>
<p>I've had this experience before too. It…</p>
<p>Hi Andrew, </p>
<p>This may be a pretty delayed answer, but I've found <em>Physarum</em> doesn't do well in watery conditions. Just yesterday I tried re-animating a small piece of dried sclerotium in a petri dish where I put too much water in, and the slime mold literally liquefied. Did it look somewhat like this?</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308442311?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308442311?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"></a></p>
<p>I've had this experience before too. It seems there's an optimal environment that's humid, but not too wet to have the slime mold grow in really well. </p>
<p></p> Thanks. I have started it fro…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2015-05-13:3917201:Comment:241892015-05-13T15:18:42.774ZAndrew Lawsonhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/AndrewLawson
<p>Thanks. I have started it from sclerotium. The colony is about a week old.</p>
<p>Thanks. I have started it from sclerotium. The colony is about a week old.</p>