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Physarum polycephalum
Typically yellow in colour, it eats fungal spores, bacteria, and other microbes. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth.
rainforest, 1500m
I spotted this in the Bvumba mountains.
Spotted on Feb 25, 2015
Submitted on Nov 5, 2015
13 Comments
I didn't make the top 3 but I'm glad I made the top 10. Thanks Ashley, venus, Sushil and Daniel.
Congrats Dan, your amazing Slime Mould has made the top 10 other spottings in the '2015 Best Wildlife Photo' mission! Rangers are voting on the top 10 other spottings, and the top 3 will be announced on February 7th. The top 3 spottings will be commented on here on the site, but make sure you keep a look out on our Facebook app page for the announcement as well! Congratulations on making the top 10! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah
Wow, this is amazing!
Great spotting DANIEL
great spotting
Thanks everyone and thank you Project Noah!
Amazing! Contrats!
Perfectly timed Dan. Congratulations.
Congrats Dan
Wow! What fabulous patterns. Congrats on the SOTD!
Great spotting, Dan. Congratulations!
Congrats Dan, great SOTD!
Congrats Dan! This spotting is so cool, we had to make it our SOTD! We love when you get out to explore the world!
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