I had some moist containers of leaf litter and rotted wood that had this slime pop up a few days ago.

It’s now split into 4 containers and seems to be growing a couple cm per day - any way to get an ID or near to an ID? I am in NZ.

I also noticed one of the cultures has some parts of the growth turning almost brown - is this normal? Currently feeding oats.

I dont know slime molds. This was in SE Wisconsin on a large, water logged fallen limb.

When I saw these beauties I said something is growing up here but probably wouldn’t grow ‘up’?

My first reddit post! Macro and microscope photos, I hope the quality is alright. Found this growing on recently repotted soil. I don't know much, but google told me it was a slime mold. I hope the photos provided give enough information as I have no clue what the identification criteria are for these things. Figured I'd get more help here than /whatisit. Is this dangerous for my plant?

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.

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?

If it even is a Slime mold to begin with lol. Very cool either way

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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