#amoebozoa

[snototter]

A slime mold, Arcyria ferruginea, grows on dead wood in Hertfordshire, UK. Despite their common name, slime molds are not fungal, and are in fact an amoeba-like organism that clumps together in large structures.

by Will Atkins

[noseysilverfox]

October 2025

🌾Didymium spongiosum, or the dog sick slime mold (lat. Didymium spongiosum) is a representative of large multinucleated amoeboid cells. Until 2023, it was considered a "mobile" fungus, but it has now been classified under the Amoebozoa — a large group of protozoans. Its common name is "semolina porridge" due to its similar appearance.

Didymium spongiosum do not cause any harm in gardens, as their diet includes bacteria, unicellular algae, fungal spores, single-celled fungi, and microscopic organisms🦠

🌾Муцилаго корковый (лат. Didymium spongiosum) — представитель больших многоядерных амёбообразных клеток. До 2023 года считался "подвижным" грибом, но теперь определен к амёбозоям (лат. Amoebozoa) — крупная группа простейших. Народное название — "манная каша" из-за внешней схожести.

Муцилаги не наносят вреда на садовом участке, так как в их меню входят бактерии, одноклеточные водоросли, споры грибов, одноклеточные грибы и микроскопическая живность🦠

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Comatricha nigra

[colorsoutofearth]

Arcyria denudata slime mold

Photo by Robert Thompson

[carlslefttoe]

Some lovely yellow slime mold, Fuligo septica, from a recent walk.

[briery]

Arcyria species by Barry Webb.

[shallwebeparabatai]

my friend found a stick and we discovered that it was covered with slime mold! it was very exciting to find something that we had learned about last semester & it was also pretty to look at, even if the sporocarps are tiny irl they have a beautiful metallic color

[lovecraftsgarden]

Arcyria obvelata

A slime mold, and a type of amoebozoa.

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