doug@netcom.COM (Doug Merritt) (06/11/91)
Does slime mold ever settle into a form that resembles a sponge? Something that *looks* like a sponge sometimes appears out of a crack in the tile in my bathroom (moist environment), and shows indications of having moved up to 6 inches laterally overnight. This has happened twice now, and I want to know if I should call an exorcist or not. :-) The body was about 2 inches wide & deep the first time, and this time was about 2 inches wide but maybe 5 inches long. It looks very much like a sponge (off yellow, dotted with tiny holes etc), but is rather crumbly when it's cleaned away. I'm wildly guessing that it might be slime mold simply because I understand the latter is capable of moving, but I don't know really what I'm looking at. Doug -- Doug Merritt doug@netcom.com (apple!netcom!doug) -or- sun.com!jfrank!doug -or- doug@eris.berkeley.edu Professional Wild-eyed Visionary Member, Crusaders for a Better Tomorrow
winalski@psw.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun10.195758.16977@netcom.COM>, doug@netcom.COM (Doug Merritt) writes: |> |>Something that *looks* like a sponge sometimes appears out of a crack |>in the tile in my bathroom (moist environment), and shows indications of |>having moved up to 6 inches laterally overnight. This has happened twice |>now, and I want to know if I should call an exorcist or not. :-) |> |>The body was about 2 inches wide & deep the first time, and this |>time was about 2 inches wide but maybe 5 inches long. It looks very |>much like a sponge (off yellow, dotted with tiny holes etc), but is |>rather crumbly when it's cleaned away. Yup, sounds like a slime mold all right. They start out stringy, slimy, and shiny yellow. When they have formed spores, they get to the spongy, crumbly state you saw. --PSW