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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
Reply by RyChu

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
Reply by ian

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
Reply by ian

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
Reply by Luke

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
Reply by Evan Brown

Contamination tolerance assay

Otherwise known as the boredom assay. I suspect some of the slime strains are more prone to contamination than others. I'm trying trays w…

Started by ian in Projects & Ideas

7 Jun 21, 2020
Reply by ian

Chromatography

I wondered if the bright orange physarum have different pigments from their paler siblings, so I mashed a load into alcohol ( 80% isopropan…

Started by ian in Projects & Ideas

2 Jun 21, 2020
Reply by ian

slimoco online meet up

Seeing as we're all - to varying degrees - locked down with our slime moulds, would anyone like to join a slimoco online meet up sometime l…

Started by Heather Barnett in Projects & Ideas

14 Jun 20, 2020
Reply by Heather Barnett

Breaking the Mould

Hello all!  I am a mycologist in training and as such am often coming across many interesting slime moulds (useless at ID yet). Yesterday…

Started by Sam in Links & Resources

1 Jun 20, 2020
Reply by ian

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