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[Bacchus_II]

ARGHHHHH .... Ok you win ... I was first but this precision beat me...

[mainehiker]

For the winners!

A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE MARKET...Vomit Slime Mold: Fuligo septica

i well send a large, free sample to all those who counted the rots..thank you for playing.


Fuligo septica is a large slime mold in the order Physarales. In urbanized areas it is usually found growing on bark chips which it digests for a carbon source. Like Physarum, the plasmodium consists of a multinucleate mass of protoplasm that is not differentiated into cells. It moves like an amoeba, the protoplasm streaming internally in one direction and then in another. The yellowish, bile-colored plasmodium is the origin of the uncomplimentary name "dog vomit slime mold." The slimy plasmodium develops into a thicker, lime encrusted mass which is essentially the spore-bearing stage (fructification) called the aethalium. At the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the yellowish plasmodium transformed into a pinkish-tinged aethalium within one day. The aethalium is analogous to the spore-bearing "fruiting body" of a mushroom or toadstool, except it is much more simple and primitive in structure. It has the texture of porous bread or a thick pancake. Unlike more advanced slime fungi, the spores are not produced in distinct spore cases called sporangia. As it ages, the aethalium breaks down into dark red liquified areas which resemble blood. The dried aethalium contains literally millions of spores which are dispersed into the air.