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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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