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Tales from the slimery

Hi  I've been literally up to y knees in petri dishes for the last four weeks - round three of breeding kicked off with my highly inbred li…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Sep 3, 2020
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Colourimetry

One thing I've noticed breeding slimes is they vary in colour. Anyone who's got Daywalker and Mazie on the go might have noticed that Dw is…

Started by ian in Projects & Ideas

4 Sep 3, 2020
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Convex hull and going beyond oats

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13683377 Herbal sleeping tablets - extract of valerian root to be specific. This has the p…

Started by Patrick Barry in Links & Resources

0 Aug 27, 2020

Slime moulds in digital form

Quite a few projects going on to replicate their behaviour in the grasshopper community: https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/physarium-slime-in-

Started by Patrick Barry in Links & Resources

0 Aug 13, 2020

Are physarum eating bacteria on oats?

Hi all, I have been getting an increasing amount of mold on my plates and was wondering about ways to mitigate that. I assume one source co…

Started by Adam Strandberg in Links & Resources

5 Aug 13, 2020
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Daywalker - is it 'blind''?

I should have done this ages ago. Daywalker doesn't make spores when exposed to day light. We know physarum requires daylight exposure to s…

Started by ian in Exhibitions & Events

9 Aug 13, 2020
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Spores now available!

I've managed to build up a good stock of spores from some of my strains ( loads of them seem to be unable to spore ), if anyone wants some…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Aug 13, 2020
Reply by Patrick Barry

Slimes, safety and world distribution.

HelloI'm glad to have found this forum, because I'm really interested in slime molds and there are not many books about them and hardly any…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

1 Aug 13, 2020
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Questions and Hydration Day!

I plan to rehydrate my Physarum on Monday or Tuesday evening. I've only ever seen and observed in the wild so I am very excited. I've hea…

Started by Luke in Links & Resources

3 Aug 5, 2020
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Will dermestid beetles eat physarum?

I'm doing an experiment to see if I can create a self sustaining ecosystem. All components seem compatible so far, but I'm curious if any k…

Started by Evan Brown in Links & Resources

2 Jul 27, 2020
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