"A lone oat flake sits in the dark, Waiting for the yellow spark.
I have no cash, no coins to spend,
But hope to call this slime my friend.
Five years from now, we’ll solve the maze,
And spend our quiet, creeping days.
I cannot pay a single…"
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SLIMOCO brings together artists, scientists and others interested in slime moulds - to share research, knowledge, experiments, images...
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How to get a physarum culture
Started by ian in Links & Resources. Last reply by Spyx, MHA 18 hours ago. 146 Replies 33 Likes
Looking for topics to do research on
Started by Robert in Links & Resources. Last reply by Researching Physarum Oct 1. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Also looking for more subjects for our research about the physarum polycephalum
Started by Researching Physarum in Links & Resources Sep 24. 0 Replies 1 Like
Growing on terracotta
Started by Tyson Anderson in Links & Resources Aug 20. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Scammers on the site
Started by G in Ramblings. Last reply by Babak Makkinejad Apr 23. 14 Replies 6 Likes
So what kind of sclerotia are avaiable in europe?
Started by Gary in Links & Resources. Last reply by Vicente Lopes Apr 12. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Is this Badhamia utricularis?
Started by Christian in Links & Resources. Last reply by Christian Dec 15, 2025. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Slime Mold Architecture
Started by Anthony in Links & Resources. Last reply by qiuwenxing Dec 11, 2025. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Physarum onto glass?
Started by Miguel Grande in Links & Resources Dec 2, 2025. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Physarum always dies
Started by Miguel Grande in Links & Resources. Last reply by qiuwenxing Dec 1, 2025. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Blog Posts
Habutated PP choose the easy way
Posted by Monique Huisman on October 8, 2026 at 7:39 0 Comments 0 Likes
Questions about the physarum and alcohol
Posted by Researching Physarum on September 23, 2026 at 9:44 0 Comments 1 Like
Exploring Physarum for Bio-Inspired Data Visualization in Design Research
Posted by Fabio Tangorra on September 25, 2025 at 15:12 0 Comments 0 Likes
My 3D printer as microscope
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 13:33 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHNOPS BlobArt: Using an oscilloscope for value confirmation
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 11:44 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHNOPS BlobArt: BlobJob screen shots
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 11:44 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHNOPS BlobArt: BlobJob explained Part 1
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 11:44 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHNOPS BlobArt: Data to BlobArt
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 11:44 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHNOPS BlobArt: The BLOBJob controller to convert BlobArt to data
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 11:43 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHNOPS BlobArt: the studio where it happens
Posted by Jos Richters on May 23, 2025 at 11:43 0 Comments 0 Likes
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The Slime Mould Collective is a portal for interesting, progressive and ground breaking research and creative practice working with the simple yet intelligent organisms. If you are involved with or interested in slime moulds as a scientist, artist, designer, teacher, philosopher... (etc), please join and share what you do...
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"Hi Ian and Slime Collective! I’ve just joined and would love to be posted some slime. I’m on an art foundation course and currently we are looking at maps. I thought it would be cool to let the slime explore a map. Thank you!"
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Habutated PP choose the easy way
Students in our college habutated PP to grow on an (2,18 gr/l) NaCl agar.Non habutaded paralel group grew on standard agar.During the experiment PP got the opportunity to choose eighter to go over the salt agar or grow against a gradient. Gradient…See More
"i want a sclerotium and this is why i have seen youtube stuff about it i want it becuse iv seen it solve mazes and i want to watch it grow and i see it dying becuse of the normal lifetime of a slime mold"
"no they can not if I am right they use receptors that can "feel" when there is a now kindeoff smell or substance close so they can follow where it came from... I dont know if im 100% right so please tell me if im wrong"
Does anyone know questions for us
As some of you may know Me and a friend a researching things about the physarum polycethalum.We still need 1 question about the physarum. We cant think of anything and we cant use the physarum for like getting a oat flake. We have a deadline for 9th…See More
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