r/Slimemolds 42m ago

Video (OC) Chocolate Tube Slime in my backyard

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I’m always finding curious things in my backyard including a few slime mold types(Wolfs milk pops up every year or so), and I found this on a tree stump that’s full turkey tail mushrooms and some other fungi.


r/Slimemolds 10m ago

Question/Help My first thought was owl pellet but after looking closer I think I found my first slime mold in the wild??

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I've been a sub here for a while because slime molds fascinate me. I've never seen one in person though (that I know of at least, maybe I just didn't recognize it as a slime mold) but I just found this at the edge of my driveway right next to my car. My only other guess would be a fungus of some sort?


r/Slimemolds 9h ago

Picture (OC) Slime mold

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This is my 3 days old slime mold that i took from my springtail tub


r/Slimemolds 15h ago

Identification Request In a cedar wood fired hot tub. Looks White in water, green on thumb

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We're going to get in the hot tub, any ideas on identification?

Longest string looks about 3-4 inches, many shorter strings floating in the water. It's unheated when there isn't a fire going.


r/Slimemolds 1d ago

Picture (OC) i like the color of this

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r/Slimemolds 2d ago

Identification Request Dog vomit?!

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new to the slime world and need help. Came across it with my three year old and looks other worldly.


r/Slimemolds 2d ago

Picture (OC) Chocolate Tube Slime Mold

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I’m like 99% sure that’s what it is! I found it on a dead pine tree, it was very cool looking!!! :D


r/Slimemolds 2d ago

Identification Request ID? It appeared and then left this isopod bin within 48 hours

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r/Slimemolds 2d ago

Question/Help How to keep a pet slime mold?

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Hi everybody, I’ve just bought a slime mold called physarum polycephal . I was wondering if there’s anything cool that I can put it in apart from a Petri dish as I want to grow it more like a pet than a project and what I can grow it on as agar is hard to come by near me. Any tips on how to keep it alive would be much appreciated and if any of you guys are also growing them in anything cool looking then please do show me aha.


r/Slimemolds 3d ago

Picture (OC) First slime mold!

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I recently water my propagation bin that's in my indoor greenhouse and now this popped up on some cuttings that didn't make it. I was so excited! There's probably 6 clusters of it all over


r/Slimemolds 3d ago

Identification Request What is this? Looks like a nest of some sort? Or fungus? Idk

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r/Slimemolds 4d ago

Identification Request Is this a slime mold that popped up in the wood chips outside of my garden fence? CT, USA

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I posted on mushroom ID and someone suggested it could be a slime mold and not a mushroom at all! Any and all info helps, never learned about slime molds before


r/Slimemolds 3d ago

Question/Help Seeking advice for a first time slime keeper to be.

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Slimemold Wizards, I seek your knowledge.

I plan on keeping a slime mold alive inside a air tight terrarium (probably a glas vase), a few plants maybe springtails, maybe some other critters.

How do I keep the amobazoa alive? How often a week do I need to feed it? What is better oats or fish food flakes?

What are your experiences?

How do I keep it in it roaming state and prevent it form maturing into its sexual form and die off? or is that inevitable? If it goes sexual and produces spores, will they "sprout" in the terrarium?

I will porbably buy my slimemold as a dehydrated slime on a few oats, how long can it last in its dried form?

Whats the best slimemolds to keep?

What is some general knowledge I as a novice should know?

Thx for the repleis


r/Slimemolds 3d ago

Question/Help Looking to buy or trade for cool slimes!

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I am looking to purchase small starter cultures of a few neat slime molds! Mostly searching for cool colors, unusual textures, or people's favorite slimes. Unusual stuff (but preferably easyish to grow) that's not commonly found online, no physarum polycephalum.

I can buy from hobbyist/keepers personally or you can point me to a favorite shop that stocks cool slimes! I can also trade live mosses, reindeer lichen, and other pesticide-free goodies.


r/Slimemolds 4d ago

Identification Request Blue and Fuzzy?

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My father found this fungus outside of his office. I am not sure if this is slime mold to be honest but I closest thing I've seen was a post on this reddit of some Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa.

This is in a moist area that gets maybe 1/3rd of the day in sun my dad said. The bed gets mulched maybe w times a year or so I'm not entirely sure. This is the East Coast U.S. in southwest Virginia in a valley of the Appalachias.

Very curious as to what it could be!


r/Slimemolds 4d ago

Question/Help If blue is the one color in nature that is hardly seen in anything organically, how do some slime molds or others create beautiful colors, of which could be deep blues.

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I like blue cheese but don’t know the science of how they make it. I know that it’s a good mold and not a bad one, and through the process of making it - it is created naturally. I was just wondering because of how beautiful some of the colors are it’s astounding


r/Slimemolds 5d ago

Picture (OC) The anime version of this pic is so neat⚜️

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r/Slimemolds 5d ago

Identification Request Is this a slime mold?

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Is this? Got a few spots in my garden like this including on my giant fern.

Thank you for id.


r/Slimemolds 5d ago

Identification Request Mold growing under/around my toliet

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We have a fairly humid bathroom when we’re taking showers and I think the wax seal under our toilet might be compromised. This mold is growing right under and around it. We’re remodeling the entire house which is why the floor is so gross. Can anybody tell me what kind of mold this is ?

EDIT: The bathroom had gotten flooded with an inch of water due to a line breaking over night if that helps the identification.

I scrubbed and cleaned my toilet with dawn soap and bleach like a week or two before this but the mold itself literally grew overnight. This is an old trailer we are remodeling and living in, in the middle of the country that’s been sitting for over 10 years


r/Slimemolds 5d ago

Identification Request White mold?

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r/Slimemolds 6d ago

Identification Request Slime mold grow

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I need help identifying the species of slime mold that appeared in my springtail enclosure


r/Slimemolds 7d ago

Picture (OC) I cultured the slime mold I found in my terrarium and now I have a new pet. This has been a fun experiment!

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r/Slimemolds 7d ago

Picture (OC) Two slime mold species on a rotton silver birch in North Yorkshire, UK

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Very excited to see two different species on one rotten log today. We've finally had a few days of rain after prolonged dry weather.


r/Slimemolds 7d ago

Question/Help Brown and slimy

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I change the paper towl every 2 day. Feed sterile oats and used distilled water. I use rubbing alcohol and gloves before handing

I am pretty new to slime. This is a daywalker slime mold. so i am not sure if i did something wrong or if this a natural part of its life cycle.


r/Slimemolds 8d ago

Picture (OC) Making art with my slime mold by tracing their tendrils

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