Love it! As a former builder in north Florida, seeing damaged floor joists/girders from local molds and fungi was routine. Less resinous newly cut southern yellow pine seemed to roll out a welcome mat to the prevailing molds and fungi. Long retired, I’m still fascinated. Thanks so very much.
Hi! I thought slime molds had been moved to the Protists? I know they got moved around a lot, because they're not one thing or the other! But they are truly fascinating. How many times have I tried to photograph one the day after I spotted it and it was gone!
You are quite correct ... Protista they are but with "features" of fungi. If you have not seen it before, this interesting piece starts with a series of photos of Dog Vomit SM rapidly changing with time. I also learned that there is a Facebook group all about SM identification (good) with a stunning 75K members (how many ?!)
Love it! As a former builder in north Florida, seeing damaged floor joists/girders from local molds and fungi was routine. Less resinous newly cut southern yellow pine seemed to roll out a welcome mat to the prevailing molds and fungi. Long retired, I’m still fascinated. Thanks so very much.
Hi! I thought slime molds had been moved to the Protists? I know they got moved around a lot, because they're not one thing or the other! But they are truly fascinating. How many times have I tried to photograph one the day after I spotted it and it was gone!
You are quite correct ... Protista they are but with "features" of fungi. If you have not seen it before, this interesting piece starts with a series of photos of Dog Vomit SM rapidly changing with time. I also learned that there is a Facebook group all about SM identification (good) with a stunning 75K members (how many ?!)
https://www.potomacaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-PVAS-Master-Naturalist-Slimes-compressed.pdf