Dog vomit

TZ-OH6 · August 3, 2008

Here is a picture of the dog vomit slime mold (real name). I mulched the garden with old hay, and these slime mold fruiting bodies have been popping up all over the place. I feel quite lucky because slime molds are rarely seen outside of biology class rooms. They are very unusual life forms in that most of the time they exist as single aboeba-like cells feeding on bacteria. When the food runs out they migrate together, and coalesce into this large fruiting body, which forms spores. They are a model organism for studying cell-cell communication for medical tumor research.

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August 3, 2008	#1
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 851	Dog vomit Here is a picture of the dog vomit slime mold (real name). I mulched the garden with old hay, and these slime mold fruiting bodies have been popping up all over the place. I feel quite lucky because slime molds are rarely seen outside of biology class rooms. They are very unusual life forms in that most of the time they exist as single aboeba-like cells feeding on bacteria. When the food runs out they migrate together, and coalesce into this large fruiting body, which forms spores. They are a model organism for studying cell-cell communication for medical tumor research. slime mold 0310.jpg