#slime-mold — Public Fediverse posts

🧠🍄 Researchers from #Japan and the #UK found that #Physarum polycephalum #slimemold creates nutrient networks mirroring the efficiency of #Tokyo's #subway system.

The #discovery helps engineers understand how to optimize human-made #transport and #communication infrastructures.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/brainless-slime-mold-recreates-tokyos-super-efficient-rail-network/

#biomimicry #railways #biology #engineering #infrastructure #science #nature

Found a neat #slimemold and a cluster of fungi out on a walk the other day.

#fungiverse #mushtodon #nature #mushrooms #fungi #mosstodon

When you take the trouble to put "a macro picture of a slime mold" in the image description, please, that is not a picture description and therefore, I'm sorry to write, useless.

Here are some good examples how to write short and to the point image descriptions, so many more people can enjoy your pictures: https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-write-an-image-description-2f30d3bf5546

#accessibility #AltText #SlimeMold #photography

Funghi mucillaginosi (che non sono funghi), splendidamente fotografati da Barry Webb

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/barry-webb-slime-mold-photos/

#natura #photography #BarryWebb #funghi #fotografia #macro #slimemold

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345968652

#SlimeMold #Macro #Photography #Nature #SilentSunday

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343861540

#SlimeMold #Macro #Photography #Nature

Slime mold: Fuligo septica

#slimeMold #nature #photography

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340985204

#SlimeMold #Macro #Photography #Mosstodon #Nature

507 Sexes

Physarum polycephalum is a slime mold with 507 sexes.

Can you imagine what their version of Tindr must be like?

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340356920

#SlimeMold #Macro #Photography #SilentSunday #Nature

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340358690

#SlimeMold #Macro #Photography #Nature #SilentSunday

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340357044

#SlimeMold #Nature #Photography #Macro

A slime mould, probably Tricia varia - a common species often found on wet wood. The orange spheres are the sporangia, the fruiting bodies. Despite their appearance and name, they aren't fungi, but a collective of single-celled organisms that can move.
#Nature #Wildlife #SlimeMold

Badhamia utricularis

#Badhamiautricularis #Badhamia #VerzweigterHautbecher #Slimemold #Schleimpilz #Myxomycete #Myxomyzet #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

Our blob seems to enjoy its petri dish and the oatmeal we're feeding it. Our 10yo is super hyped 😁 Definitely an experiment I'd recommend for kids, though changing the substrate every 3 days is kind of tedious.
For more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physarum_polycephalum
#slimemold #myxomycete #physarum #nature #science

Am I right in thinking that these are the sprorangia of some kind of slime mould? Each blob is a fraction of a millimetre in size.
#nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #slimemold #slimemould #ultracloseup

Day 1 - Day 3 of reanimating Physarum polycephalum aka slime mold aka the blob lol

It's so cool how fast it wakes up and starts seeking food !😁

#SlimeMold #Myxomycetes #Physarum #fungifriends

NullPointer 🍄 (@nuiipointer.bsky.social)

https://bsky.app/profile/nuiipointer.bsky.social/post/3mb5v6qinzk2q

> Tiny forest ghosts

#slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends

Giving social media another try after a year of radio silence. The algorithmic feedback loops elsewhere burned me out, so I’m hoping for something a bit more organic here.

I’m a WordPress dev and gamer, but honestly, I'm happiest cultivating various mushrooms and slime molds in my makeshift home lab.

I'm neurodivergent (ADHD) and live with PTSD from a past near-death experience. It's well-managed these days, but it means I generally steer clear of negativity and conflict to keep my peace of mind.

I'm a proud Canadian (never the 51st state), but since moving to Quebec, I've fallen in love with the province's history and culture, and I'm working hard to learn the language.

Un Canadien anglophone qui a déménagé au Québec et qui est tombé en amour avec la culture d'ici. J'apprends le français, alors n'hésitez pas à me dire bonjour!

(spores fell on this cap and gave it a moustache or eyes and a mouth lol😁)

#Introduction #WordPress #Mycology #Mushtodon #SlimeMold #ADHD #AuDHD #PTSD #Quebec #DigitalMinimalism

Wundersame Natur.

#FungiFriday #SlimeMold

Giving social media another try after a year of radio silence. The algorithmic feedback loops elsewhere burned me out, so I’m hoping for something a bit more organic here.

I’m a WordPress dev and gamer, but honestly, I'm happiest cultivating various mushrooms and slime molds in my makeshift home lab.

I'm neurodivergent (ADHD) and live with PTSD from a past near-death experience. It's well-managed these days, but it means I generally steer clear of negativity and conflict to keep my peace of mind.

I'm a proud Canadian (never the 51st state), but since moving to Quebec, I've fallen in love with the province's history and culture, and I'm working hard to learn the language.

Un Canadien anglophone qui a déménagé au Québec et qui est tombé en amour avec la culture d'ici. J'apprends le français, alors n'hésitez pas à me dire bonjour!

#Introduction #WordPress #Mycology #Mushtodon #SlimeMold #ADHD #AuDHD #PTSD #Quebec #DigitalMinimalism

Oligonema flavidum

#Oligonemaflavidum #Oligonema #OckerfarbenesFadenkeulchen #Myxomycete #Schleimpilz #SlimeMold #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

spotted some tiny slime mold on the trail, always exciting
#slimemold #mushtodon

The tiny things are vanishing under ice and still too little snow. A few weeks ago I found these beautiful slime molds among the mosses on a decomposing tree.
Maybe Badhamia utricularis.

#SlimeMold #mosstodon #macro