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Hard to ID the mature ones without magnification but I would consider Physarum tenerum & especially Physarum psittacinum if you get another look. Were any of them iridescent?
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Hard to ID the mature ones without magnification but I would consider Physarum tenerum & especially Physarum psittacinum if you get another look. Were any of them iridescent?
They usually look more regular in shape & surface (not always though). It can be hard to tell because maturation is a dramatic transformation & the full process is not documented for many species. You can see some examples below, in a video by instagram.com/yeweijun98
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
They usually look more regular in shape & surface (not always though). It can be hard to tell because maturation is a dramatic transformation & the full process is not documented for many species. You can see some examples below, in a video by instagram.com/yeweijun98
Which part? Which shape or color?
January 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Which part? Which shape or color?
I don't see a slime mold here
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I don't see a slime mold here
I think this is a fungus?
January 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I think this is a fungus?
Immature, but looks more like a trichiid to me
January 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Immature, but looks more like a trichiid to me
T. arachnoidea is an obsolete synonym of T. ferruginosa. It is differentiated from similar species by its free sporothecal tips. These are not visible in the photo, but this specimen is immature, complicating ID.
T. montana is often distinctively orange with a reduced hypothallus & adhering tips.
T. montana is often distinctively orange with a reduced hypothallus & adhering tips.
A critical revision of the Tubifera ferruginosa complex
Based on a combination of morphological and molecular investigations, a critical revision of the widely distributed myxomycete Tubifera ferruginosa is presented. A phylogeny of the morphospecies, b...
www.tandfonline.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
T. arachnoidea is an obsolete synonym of T. ferruginosa. It is differentiated from similar species by its free sporothecal tips. These are not visible in the photo, but this specimen is immature, complicating ID.
T. montana is often distinctively orange with a reduced hypothallus & adhering tips.
T. montana is often distinctively orange with a reduced hypothallus & adhering tips.
They mostly eat bacteria that degrade vegetation; human skin does not have the microbial population or nutrients they need to survive. The sink drain, or the GI tract of a vegetarian animal, on the other hand, may indeed host a slime mold
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
They mostly eat bacteria that degrade vegetation; human skin does not have the microbial population or nutrients they need to survive. The sink drain, or the GI tract of a vegetarian animal, on the other hand, may indeed host a slime mold
This might be Tubifera montana. Did you check on it a day or so later?
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This might be Tubifera montana. Did you check on it a day or so later?
I think these might be Helicogloea compressa, a basidiomycete fungus
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I think these might be Helicogloea compressa, a basidiomycete fungus
This is an ascomycete fungus
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is an ascomycete fungus
The same colony is visible for multiple weeks?
January 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The same colony is visible for multiple weeks?
What a great answer
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
What a great answer
Yes it was reported as Badhamia polycephala but I'm pretty sure it's actually Physarella oblonga
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Yes it was reported as Badhamia polycephala but I'm pretty sure it's actually Physarella oblonga
Sounds like the showers in my college dorm
January 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Sounds like the showers in my college dorm
Slime molds don't eat tables or floors. They eat bacteria
January 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Slime molds don't eat tables or floors. They eat bacteria
It's nontoxic
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
It's nontoxic
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December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Oh, I see you're a pollen expert! Take a look at these!
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Oh, I see you're a pollen expert! Take a look at these!
Probably Leocarpus fragilis
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Probably Leocarpus fragilis