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Fuligo septica
Slime mold. The cells of this species typically aggregate to form a plasmodium, a multinucleate mass of undifferentiated cells that may move in an ameboid-like fashion during the search for nutrients. F. septicas plasmodium may be anywhere from white to yellow-gray, typically 2.5–20 cm in diameter, and 1–3 cm thick.
Trees in forests.
Spotted on Jul 3, 2011
Submitted on Jul 7, 2011
7 Comments
interesting!
Here's another one I found, Not very impressively sized, but a great color.: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/315...
I want to catch one of these in a growth phase and put food down to lure it along a trail.
Slime molds are made up of unicellular protists, but can secrete a chemical signal causing them to assemble into a cluster that acts as one organism - essentially creating a temporary chemical nervous system. These aggregates even "learned" to control robots to move them away from the light.
I saw yours, wow :-)
Who could resist such an 'enticing' name. Here's a slime I spotted: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/519...
Many thanks for the ID, Lori.tas ;-)
Oooo. Looks like a slime mould. Probably fulgo septica, the "dog vomit" slime mould.