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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Fuligo septica
member of the Kingdom Protista, the slime mold is often mistaken for a fungus. This is a multinucleate mass of cells that are simple and not differentiated. Weird stuff. This was seen at the beginning of the summer
a global species but found in moist areas such as your mulch
Lat: 44.64, Long: -85.77
Spotted on Jun 30, 2011
Submitted on Aug 7, 2011
2 Comments
I also have a photo of a white one - havent posted yet. The spring here was really damp - had lots of snow. Happy slime mold hunting!
Wow. Two slime molds posted in one day. These really are fascinating little things.
We're having a very wet late winter in Tasmania; so maybe I'll see some more this spring. I'd like to see the ruby one again and get better pictures.