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Are slime molds okay around here? I think this is Dog Vomit slime mold? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world to c/mycology@mander.xyz
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It's... Bloomed? Multiple times (see background) pile of chipped wood, zone 8 US.

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[–] s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Slime molds are great. They feed on bacteria and other microorganisms. I have a big rotting stump in my backyard that they occasionally appear on.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I bet you could get some cool footage if you put a time lapse camera on it.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 16 points 10 months ago

Last time I found one, I did this. You can really see the movement with a time-lapse. It's like it's breathing slowly - expanding and contracting. I got so fascinated it took a while to notice the oyster mushrooms right next to it.

[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 9 points 10 months ago

Good protist!

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Fuck yeah slime molds

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is it called dog vomit slime mold because it grows on dog vomit or because it looks like dog vomit.

Goddammit I'm getting linguistic satiation here dog vomit dog vomit dog vomit

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Vog dommit, I'm also getting confused.

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The appearance I think. The leftmost pile in that pic is the OP slime mold 1 day later.

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Another popped up today 😄

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Another