Slime molds are yellow, oozing, amoeba-like organisms often found on decaying logs and in moist areas. They have no neurons ...

What is slime mold and what should you do about it? originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like ...

In HBO's post-apocalyptic drama "The Last of Us," human civilization has fallen in the face of a fungal takeover triggered by climate change. The show's opening credits and creature designs are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q. Every year about this time master gardeners start getting questions, like, “What’s the stuff that looks like dog vomit all over ...

I was on my regular Duluth dog walk last week when I spotted this in a neighbor’s mulch. I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure this is a slime mold – specifically, “dog vomit” slime mold: Fuligo septica.

Our past experiences help us navigate future obstacles, and it seems that even some organisms without a brain have that skill. Though slime molds do not have a nervous system, they can store and ...

Amateur mycologist Tyson Ehlers spent years wandering the forests in the Slocan Valley, collecting and identifying fungi and ...

Slime molds have evolved to produce some of the most efficient networks seen in nature, but just how good are they? As good as the notoriously complex Tokyo rail system. The slime mold Physarum ...

There is nothing wrong with your tree that I can see from looking at the photo. The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up. Slime molds, of which ...

Humans are very good at anthropomorphising things. That is, giving them human characteristics, like ourselves. We do it with animals—see just about any cartoon—and we even do it with our own ...

“I found an odd-looking substance in my mulched beds next to a boxwood last week. This garden bed was replanted a few weeks ago and mulched with shredded bark. At first, I thought my dog had been sick ...

Q. Every year about this time master gardeners start getting questions, like, “What’s the stuff that looks like dog vomit all over my lawn,” or “What is this patch of gel filled marbles on my mulch,” ...