We've long known the slime mold can determine the shortest path through a maze, or even model optimal railway systems. Now, a group of researchers has shown these amoeba-like single-cell organisms ...

This is most common slime mold, Fuligo septica, and will often spread across the lawn looking like a trail of vomit before drying to a dusty mass of spores. Other slime molds are found on bark and ...

This is neither an award nor a sculpture. It’s the fruiting body of a slime mold – a structure that helps the slime mold reproduce and spread. Fruiting bodies contain spores that are released into the ...

Slime molds also reproduce in the way that fungi do, by producing spores. But their cellular structures are very different from fungi. Slime molds can also do some amazing things far beyond what a ...

"While lacking feet, slime molds like this one can move inches, if not feet, per day through the forest by spreading their spores," park rangers said. For a sense of scale, this patch of slime ...

Dog vomit slime mold It is produced by the wind-borne spores of Fuligo septica that land in your yard, The spores are highly resilient and survive even during hot, dry weather. They remain viable ...

The spores are then dispersed to create new dog slime mold patches. This stage of its life cycle is generally not noticed in the garden. The dog vomit slime mold will not harm your plants ...