Sightings – Slime Mold
Observer: Rita Corey
Observation Date: 8/13/20
Observation Time: 2:45 p.m.
Observation Location: Rattlesnake Hill
Common Name: False Puffball Slime Mold
Scientific Name: Enteridium lycoperdon
Comments: Slime molds are neither plants nor animals. They are members of the phylum Amoebozoa, and are related to amoeba. Slime molds are aggregates of single-celled organisms. Some kinds of slime molds can grow up to 9 feet long! Slime molds typically aggregate to form a plasmodium — a multinucleate mass of undifferentiated cells that may move in an ameboid-like fashion during the search for nutrients. Slime molds are examples of cellular communication and differentiation, and may provide insights into how multicellular organisms develop.
E. lycoperdon is named “caca de luna” or “Moon’s excrement” by the locals in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 6/23/19
Observation Time: 12:32 p.m.
Observation Location: Billings Loop Botanical Trail
Common Name: Rasberry Slime Mold
Scientific Name: Amoebozoa
Comments: Slime molds are in the phylum Amoebozoa, and are related to amoeba. Slime molds are aggregates of single-celled organisms that can grow up to 9 feet long! Slime molds typically aggregate to form a plasmodium — a multinucleate mass of undifferentiated cells that may move in an ameboid-like fashion during the search for nutrients. Slime molds are examples of cellular communication and differentiation, and may provide insights into how multicellular organisms develop.
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Observer: Richard Kramer
Observation Date: 6/21/12
Observation Time: 4:45 p.m.
Observation Location: Deborah Sampson Park
Common Name: Slime Mold
Scientific Name: Amoebozoa
Comments: Slime molds are in the phylum Amoebozoa, and are related to amoeba. Slime molds are aggregates of single-celled organisms that can grow up to 9 feet long! Slime molds typically aggregate to form a plasmodium — a multinucleate mass of undifferentiated cells that may move in an ameboid-like fashion during the search for nutrients. Slime molds are examples of cellular communication and differentiation, and may provide insights into how multicellular organisms develop.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 6/23/19
Observation Time: 12:30 p.m.
Observation Location: Billings Loop Botanical Trail
Common Name: Slime Mold
Scientific Name: Amoebozoa
Comments: Slime molds are in the phylum Amoebozoa, and are related to amoeba. Slime molds are aggregates of single-celled organisms that can grow up to 9 feet long! Slime molds typically aggregate to form a plasmodium — a multinucleate mass of undifferentiated cells that may move in an ameboid-like fashion during the search for nutrients. Slime molds are examples of cellular communication and differentiation, and may provide insights into how multicellular organisms develop.
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