Happy slime mold Sunday. Acellular slime molds (Myxogastria) fuse together to form one giant multinucleated cell, moving and crawling around their environment consuming organic matter in their path. As conditions dictate, they will start forming a spore bearing fruiting body called sporangia. Here you can see the plasmodium “breathing” in timelapse as the intracellular flow of cellular components shifts every ~90s in a process called cytoplasmic streaming. Slime molds display the ability to navi

Wishing everyone a happy Slime Mold Sunday. These delightfully vibrant squishy pink pimples are #WolfsMilkSlimeMold or #Lycogalaepidendrum. The slime filled pimples are the “sporangia” or spore bearing fruiting structures. As they age they darken and become dark purple then brown and dusty (full of spores). At this stage they are squishable and extremely satisfying to the #pimplepopper folks out there. Personally I think touching them is pretty gross, but I do it for you guys..Every time I post

Mixing MAKEUP, CLAY and MORE Into GLOSSY Slime - Satisfying Slime #653