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Sunday, 18 October 2015

Slime Mould Eats Fungus

This is Physarum polycephalum - a slime mould that has become somewhat of a celebrity due to its performance in laboratories and mazes


Here it is in its natural habitat moving over and cleaning out a  small bracket fungus Stereum subtomentosum. Fungi are among its favourite foods.


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