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==Physarum polycephalum== | ==Physarum polycephalum== | ||
=== | ===Description=== | ||
Is unicellular, multinucleated plasmodium | |||
"Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia) | "Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia) | ||
Other descriptions | Other descriptions | ||
*[[:File:Mushroom Observer_ Public Description of Physarum polycephalum Schwein_.pdf]] | *[[:File:Mushroom Observer_ Public Description of Physarum polycephalum Schwein_.pdf]] | ||
===Life cycle=== | |||
*plasmodium | |||
*sclerotium | |||
*sporangia | |||
*motile stage | |||
===Cultivation=== | ===Cultivation=== | ||
*[[:File:A Simple Method of Growing the Plasmodial Slime Mold.pdf]] | *[[:File:A Simple Method of Growing the Plasmodial Slime Mold.pdf]] | ||
===Gallery=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:life-cycle.png | |||
Image:IMG_2025.png | |||
Image:IMG_2343.png | |||
Image:physarum-spores-IMG_6186.JPG | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Dictyostelium discoideum== | ==Dictyostelium discoideum== | ||
===Description=== | |||
Are at the same time unicellular and multicellular, therefore called often as social amoebae | |||
* Dictyostelium exhibit a form of intelligence | |||
* When separated they will pull themselves back together | |||
* They also exhibit self-sacrifice | |||
* They will gather and form a stalk and then a fruiting body | |||
* Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner) | |||
===Life cycle=== | |||
[[File:Dictyostelium-life-cycle.png|400px|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dicty_Life_Cycle_H01.svg]] | |||
===Cultivation=== | |||
*[[:File:Dictyostelium Growth.pdf]] | |||
*[http://dictybase.org/techniques/media/media.html#SM Agar SM medium] | |||
===Gallery=== | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:45, 27 April 2017
Physarum polycephalum
Description
Is unicellular, multinucleated plasmodium "Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia)
Other descriptions
Life cycle
- plasmodium
- sclerotium
- sporangia
- motile stage
Cultivation
Gallery
Dictyostelium discoideum
Description
Are at the same time unicellular and multicellular, therefore called often as social amoebae
- Dictyostelium exhibit a form of intelligence
- When separated they will pull themselves back together
- They also exhibit self-sacrifice
- They will gather and form a stalk and then a fruiting body
- Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner)
Life cycle
Cultivation
Gallery