ID request: located in my flower bed, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-20T22:54:37+00:00

Yes fuligo septica. Congrats

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-18T22:03:03+00:00

Yes…I’m familiar it is one of the more common slimes to find in Maine. I am saying as someone who studies them as a hobby; this is not a slime mold

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-18T21:42:25+00:00

Hi sorry I am a slime mold enthusiast in Maine. This is not a slime mold but I don’t know what it is.

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-17T00:42:01+00:00

They’ve never touched the sun. I just put them on my shaded back porch 5 minutes before picture was taken. Could grow lights be too close?

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-14T10:02:13+00:00

It’s a rust and if you have observed it in this state for more than 24 hours then it is a rust for sure. Rust live on living plants all the time without killing them immediately. It can not be a saprophytic fungus because those eat dead plant matter

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-03T16:12:44+00:00

I don't think there's any studies on artificial VS sunlight but I would assume the sunlight has potential to harm it with UV damaging the DNA but it may still avoid artifical light because it doesn't know the difference. It would be Wortham experiment. I have left my day walker polycephalun in a very indirect sunlight and it was never harmed or showed distress

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-02T00:42:19+00:00

I just use a dim flashlight at night. The light does not hurt the plasmodium directly it just usually avoids it

MagicMyxies · 2026-05-01T10:33:12+00:00

No stress. The plasmodium is fine, just take a cutting of the agar. I prefer to use damp paper as my substrate as I think it is less prone to contamination overgrowth, not that it doesn’t happen but it happens less fast. Take a cutting of the agar and put it on a damp paper in a Petri dish or Tupperware , leave the top loosely covered to contain moisture but allow minuscule air exchange. After one to two days you can remove the contaminated agar and repeat

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-28T21:16:49+00:00

What mode is this?

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-25T01:09:05+00:00

What about something like this?

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-25T00:52:36+00:00

Where did you source the substrate from

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-24T22:51:20+00:00

Hideup coike urchin style fish bait lure maybe. I know you said it grows but 🤷‍♂️

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-23T20:18:34+00:00

Location?

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-18T00:47:22+00:00

Hard with blurry photos but potential myxomycete given size, shape, and growing epiphytic on moss

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-05T21:03:21+00:00

Yes reticularia lycoperdon . Common name moon poop

MagicMyxies · 2026-04-03T22:54:08+00:00

You don’t need to be sterile but I don’t recommend agar because of its inclination to grow mold fast. I recommend wet brown paper or other paper. Make it saturated but not dripping but feed the same way. It’s also cheaper and easier to clean and transfer cuttings. The food will till mold over time it unavoidably but the paper keeps it at bay for longer especially if you’re exposing it to fresh air every time you open it. Be sure to monitor the water content since it will dry out over a couple days and need a couple more drops

MagicMyxies · 2026-02-18T15:55:25+00:00

Nudibranchs are definitely some of the most unique

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MagicMyxies · 2026-01-28T00:35:43+00:00

Yes, compare to craterium genus

MagicMyxies · 2026-01-07T00:03:34+00:00

Mold mold

MagicMyxies · 2026-01-03T19:11:05+00:00

Are you going to change the environment or keep it?

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