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Raising from spores? timescale?

Anyone had luck getting from spores to a mature organism? I've got easy access to good old e.coli and wonder if it's a sufficient food, I'd…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Feb 9, 2015
Reply by ian

Does anyone have a polycephalum strain that's not from Carolina?

I've been talking to a researcher who reckons I'm not getting mature colonies from spores because I need spores from more than one individu…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Feb 8, 2015
Reply by Natalie Andrew

Using Stories to understand Slime Mould

Hi from Settle Stories - we run a Storytelling Festival and want to use stories to tell the story of slime mould. The stories could be oral…

Started by Charles Tyrer in Links & Resources

0 Dec 24, 2014

making tidy sclerotia

I've got the knack of getting sclerotium to form but my slime mould isn't well behaved. The commercially supplied stuff is a nice smooth ev…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Dec 12, 2014
Reply by Heather Barnett

individuation

Many of us are using Physarum sourced from Carolina - does anyone know how many cultural lineages they have?  Any ideas about how we might…

Started by Sarah Roberts in Projects & Ideas

8 Nov 25, 2014
Reply by Sarah Roberts

Physarum infested with back mould like structures

Hi everyone, I'm recently doing a project on Physarum. Lately, my plates have been infested with black patches. I re-plated but the black m…

Started by Alicia Lock in Links & Resources

4 Nov 14, 2014
Reply by ian

Yet another time lapse!

http://youtu.be/nM1dDtvMw1c I used a little Veho usb 'scope to shoot this. With the supplied software, the image quality is noisy and the…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

0 Nov 12, 2014

Physarum Swarmer cells

I've just obtained sclerotium and active cultures of physarum from Blades, I need to use them for time lapsed for a couple of lectures whic…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

0 Nov 8, 2014

Growth/Housing

How big of a container will I need since it grows pretty fast? A cm an hour.

Started by Caroline in Links & Resources

5 Oct 31, 2014
Reply by Carl D

Chemical boundaries for Physarum polysepharum

Are hypertonic solutions or even solid salts detrimental for Physarum polysepharum? Does it stray away from them? Are there any other chemi…

Started by Miles Robertson in Links & Resources

3 Oct 19, 2014
Reply by Heather Barnett

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