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"I wish this forum had 'laugh' emojis... and 'Machiavellian cackle' emojis."

"That's pretty! And seemingly they don't mind being at least partially submerged..."

"Oh. I've just noticed on another post - John Holden says Physarum polycephalum isn't native in the wild in the UK. So I can't just go and find one to be useful to this project. I'd have to obtain one from someone (Ian ;) ) ... Is…"

"Thank you Evan :)"

"But if you introduce two strains of P. polycephalum plasmodia, will they fuse?  And then what would happen to the expression of your colour genes? If this isn't known, then it's best to keep them separate, no? Especially as you could…"

"But if you introduce two strains of P. polycephalum plasmodia, will they fuse?  And then what would happen to the expression of your colour genes? If this isn't known, then it's best to keep them separate, no? Especially as you could…"

"Ah well, it's probably best not to keep them if it's inconvenient and it sounds like you have rather a lot else on to really focus on them the way you need to! Perhaps a deal could be struck with Mum for wax if you need it. I'm not…"

"Um. I think they're pwiddy. :)  I mean back in days of yore, when I was doing my undergrad dissertation I worked with the true mould, Aspergillus nidulans, and bred them for spore colours that were markers for cell cycle mutations (BimG11…"

"Are you hoping to become the keeper of the Physarum strain library?  I read they have been used for research on cell cycle genetics so presumably that was with colour markers or something? Also, presumably there could be funding available for…"

"My mother borrows other people's land for her bees, and grows and divides much like I sense you do with slimes. I'm surprised you haven't become so addicted that £300 feels like nothing. That seems to be what happens to bee…"