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Agarose gel drying out during experiment

Hi, I am trying to do an experiment about the extracellular slime trails and external memory of physarum polycephalum. For that I am using…

Started by Mattias Bolin in Projects & Ideas

1 Jan 11, 2022
Reply by ian

Dying Mazie slime cannot wake up

Hi,I am working on an experiment now and have figured out the maze and agar but I am having trouble with waking up the slime. I thought I w…

Started by Mattias Bolin in Links & Resources

0 Dec 7, 2021

tips for grain mite contamination?

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced grain/cereal mite contamination when growing slime mold? Apparently it is a common oc…

Started by Jasmine Lu in Links & Resources

1 Oct 24, 2021
Reply by ian

Effect of temperature on slime mould growth.

I haven't started growing a slime mould yet but I was wondering if anyone has studied the effect of temperature on physarum polycephalum. I…

Started by AndyGadget in Links & Resources

2 Oct 15, 2021
Reply by AndyGadget

SPAM Message

All,   I've just had a message via the forum from a Joseph McLaughlin which bears all the hallmarks of a spam message of the '419' variety;…

Started by AndyGadget in Links & Resources

3 Oct 15, 2021
Reply by AndyGadget

growing Physarum Polycephalum

I am growing Physarum Polycephalum for my biochemistry class and was wondering if anybody had any tips to grow it faster-- I am adding a fe…

Started by Mimi Osborne in Projects & Ideas

1 Oct 13, 2021
Reply by ian

Music Video - we would like you to participate

Hey you all,  we are fascinated with the slime and would love to create a music video using many different videos and time lapses. since w…

Started by An in Ramblings

1 Sep 29, 2021
Reply by ian

Physarium nutrition

Hi everybody! I just recently got my first slime mould and he's doing well. I was wondering however if slime moulds can subsist entirely of…

Started by Aaron Cottle in Links & Resources

1 Sep 29, 2021
Reply by ian

Prefered substrate

Hello everyone!I'm really curious about the substrates you use and why you do. Unfortunately I'm not able to set up a poll, but so far I'm…

Started by Nuno in Projects & Ideas

3 Aug 24, 2021
Reply by ian

Caca de luna!

There's a lot of this around my way at the moment - a few weeks of very wet followed by a heat wave has got them moving. They crop up usual…

Started by ian in Ramblings

2 Aug 17, 2021
Reply by ian

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