What is slime mold and what should you do about it? originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like ...

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Barry Webb's "Glistening Slime Mould" won the people's choice in the macro category of the British Photography Awards 2025 Welcome to the world of slime mould. These images, captured by photographer ...

I was on my regular Duluth dog walk last week when I spotted this in a neighbor’s mulch. I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure this is a slime mold – specifically, “dog vomit” slime mold: Fuligo septica.

There is nothing wrong with your tree that I can see from looking at the photo. The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up. Slime molds, of which ...

July 15 (UPI) --Can you think without a brain? According to a new study, slime molds can. Slime molds are without central nervous systems, but they are able sense tactile, chemical, and optical ...

Not a day goes by that I do not think of the wonder and almost spiritual brilliance of mushrooms and other fungi, because I am an ant and an invasive fungus has taken control of my brain. For the rest ...

Q. Every year about this time master gardeners start getting questions, like, “What’s the stuff that looks like dog vomit all over my lawn,” or “What is this patch of gel filled marbles on my mulch,” ...

Chris R. Reid receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us, human civilisation has fallen in the face of a fungal takeover triggered by climate ...

Welcome to the world of slime mould. These images, captured by photographer Barry Webb, provide a close-up view of single-celled slime mould organisms. A view that would not be possible with the naked ...