April 2023
Slime culture posting - What to expect
Hi Folks,
I'm not great at going online regularly but I do keep an eye out for requests.
I'm managing to post out cultures every 2 weeks, if I'm low on stock it might take me three weeks to raise m…
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Slime culture posting - What to expect
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Slime manifesto 6th edition fancy a proof re…
A big update, now with more eye candy, growing from spores, science history and 10% more oats than other leading brands.
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Tpnyv3HSDr6StdJqRQC6AyUKfWJy_6X/view?usp=s">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Tpnyv3HSDr6StdJqRQC6AyUKfWJy_6X/view?usp=s</a>…
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Slime manifesto 6th edition fancy a proof re…
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March 2022
I'm new to slime molds and need help on how…
I've recently become very interested in slime molds and have been trying to grow some. I have done a decent amount of research on them and have a decent understanding of how they work. I'm trying to…
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I'm new to slime molds and need help on how…
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Setting up a show stand
I'm jumping into the Slice of Science festival at Warwick Univ. on 13th March - alarmingly short notice!
I have to come up with a stand in a hurry. Luckily I've done this before. The hard bit will be…
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Setting up a show stand
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April 2021
Newbie in the moisture chamber
Hello everyone!
I've been learning and collecting, and found these cuties in my chamber. I do so wish I could have gotten some better images. I do not have the capability to put them under a scope. H…
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Newbie in the moisture chamber
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March 2021
Slime mould spurs
I was wondering if it’s safe to cultivate slime mould in apartments or houses because of it’s spurs?
do they spread around the apartment and cultivate themselves in places like bath, kitchen or walls…
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Slime mould spurs
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Physarum after 1 week of growth
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Physarum after 1 week of growth
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Slime mold and cellular networks
Hi everyone,
I developed a fascination for physarum polycephalum since I first heard about it a couple of years back and I'm super glad, I found this forum!
At the moment I am working on a project…
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Slime mold and cellular networks
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Curious about slime mold life spans and sene…
Hello!
Quick background: I am a writer working on a fictional story having to do with slime mould. I have no background in microbiology or anything like this. I've just bought my own slime and am lo…
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Curious about slime mold life spans and sene…
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Question about whether slime mold will react…
So I've read that pouring water / spraying water at slime mold will release spores in a gas like kind of fashion which is definitely not what's wanted if you'd like to work with it and not have it sp…
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Question about whether slime mold will react…
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Let it glow!
So this failed in a neat way - feeding physarum on 1% fluorescein. Turns our slimes own pigments are such strong uv absorbers that the dye doesn't get a look in. But, where the slime's started to exc…
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Let it glow!
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December 2020
slime molds and probiotics and lactic acid bacteria
The top side is Yakult milk, below is water. slime molds didn't find the oat in Yakult immediately.…
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slime molds and probiotics and lactic acid bacteria
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Time lapse with Maths output!
<a href="https://youtu.be/NxS-UzlsRTI">https://youtu.be/NxS-UzlsRTI</a>
Don't know why the 'add video' isn't working but here's a link. This Physarum rigidum meeting polycephalum overlaid with outputs from Matlab, It's a pic every 2 mins ave…
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Time lapse with Maths output!
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Physarum x1000 one night
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Physarum x1000 one night
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Southwest USA Slime Mold
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Southwest USA Slime Mold
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Hello New Members!
We've had four new members over the last couple of days, by Slimoco standards, that's a rush!
I figure we need an intro thread. New member or old, feel free to post to say hello!
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Hello New Members!
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Accessible sessions - visual impairment
I'm looking at devising some sessions for people with visual difficulties.
I've found a slime grown on thin card bakes nicely at 100C to leave a tactile surface - even better if it's fixed in alum f…
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Accessible sessions - visual impairment
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November 2020
The slime manifesto
I've added colour and more words to the instructions I send out with the cultures
<a href="Http://www.tinyurl.com/slimemanifesto">Http://www.tinyurl.com/slimemanifesto</a>
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The slime manifesto
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September 2020
Newbie questions
Hi all, I’m very new to the world of keeping slime molds and found a few wild specimens on a walk yesterday, and have already placed them in a glass jar with potting soil, some fallen leaves and a fe…
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Newbie questions
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Got myself a new wild slime!
was thinking about Ian's post on biosecurity and not spreading Carolina worldwide, and the easiest option I could think of was to find my own local slime.
The moist chamber method of Myxomycetes, St…
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Got myself a new wild slime!
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Biosecurity again - another level
So - my old methods ( spraying with disinfectant/bleach ) turn out to be inadequate for a hundred or so cultures, I found a live slime in the bin - it was quickly dispatched with a dose of bleach bu…
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Biosecurity again - another level
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