r/Slimemolds

Hi everyone,
I found this very unusual organism growing inside two cork bark hides in one of my bioactive terrariums.
At first I thought it was some kind of egg mass because it looks like thousands of tiny pearls embedded in a white layer.
It is growing on cork bark under very humid conditions and has now colonized two different cork hides.
The enclosure contains:
Bioactive substrate
Cork bark
Decaying wood
Moss
Several slime molds
I couldn’t find anything similar and I’m not even sure whether this is a slime mold, a true fungus, or something else entirely.
Does anyone recognize this structure?

My husband didn't understand why I was excited about finding "just some mold" in the flower bed I built this year.

Pretty sure it’s Fuligo Septica. It pops up a lot around here, though it’s usually a much paler tan. (Missouri, USA)

Is this chocolate tube? First time ever seeing it in person!! Freaky lil guy

I found these fellas in my fish tank, and I fell in love immediately. These critters have proven to be quite possibly the single best cleanup crew, and I’ve been propagating by leaving an algae wafer in the water and picking it up once they engulf it. In doing this, I have managed to spread it throughout my several tanks!

I love this! Slime mold? Maybe? Idk. Please help, slime mold pros! Aquarium sub sent me here.

What is it? She was on the side of the tank yesterday, moved to the corner this morning, across the tank by afternoon and into the other corner by evening. 3 gallon cube tank for my ramshorn and amano shrimp....I like this little glob of mucus, is there any way to keep her alive? I want her to thrive! I think I'll name her Janice

Thanks in Advance!

A slime mold appeared in my terrarium a few months ago, it stayed for about a week.
It was very pretty and very interesting to watch it move !

From a short outing a few days after a heavy rain.

They cover the top layer of soil across the entire bucket, the plant is native wild strawberry the eggs are only here, not on any other plants I have if that’s important

How do I even go about transferring the colonies to my Petri dishes? They’re on soggy, mouldy tissue paper with a bunch of old oats.

It seems appropriate that a scrambled egg slime mold would take up residence in a hens-and-chicks succulent :) Reminds me of that one Goosebumps book.

The last two pictures were taken 3 days earlier than these pictures.

is this ok? tbf I think I have every right to be scared lmfao

I had a slime mold pop up in my living room aquarium about 2 years ago.

I eventually posted some pictures.

I've intentionally tried to keep it alive.. a week ago I cut off one of the leaves that seem to have a nice amount on it and put it in my office aquarium. It disappeared but this morning I have signs of life.. lol.

Someone identified it in the past, if someone wants to identify it again.. that's cool.

I just thought I'd share and thought it was kind of cool.

Next is to try to get it in my kitchen aquarium.. it seems to do a good job helping keep things clean.

I wasn't sure what flair to choose for this post so I picked general. If for some reason this post isn't appropriate, sorry and I guess go ahead and delete it.

Only the second one I've seen in real life (the first one was a chocolate tube that grew in my garden last summer) :)