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“Unidentified Growing Object”

1. “Unidentified Growing Object”. 7. Garland Texas, 1973. THE CULPRIT?. Scrambled Egg Slime Mold. Dog Vomit Slime Mold. Fuligo septica. 13. C J Alexopoulos:. True Slime Molds: First Described (1654). Lycogala epidendrum. 5. Are Slime Molds Fungi?. Anton De Bary: “Acrasia” (1887):

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“Unidentified Growing Object”

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  2. “Unidentified Growing Object” 7 Garland Texas, 1973

  3. THE CULPRIT? Scrambled Egg Slime Mold Dog Vomit Slime Mold Fuligo septica 13 C J Alexopoulos:

  4. True Slime Molds: First Described (1654) Lycogala epidendrum 5

  5. Are Slime Molds Fungi? Anton De Bary: “Acrasia” (1887): Mycetozoa (Slime Molds) and Fungi (NO) 2 True Slime Molds “Myxomycetes” Cellular Slime Molds vs. 3

  6. Are Slime Molds “Fungi”? Editions 1, 2 3: YES Edition 4: NO

  7. Are Slime Molds “Fungi”? ?

  8. True Slime Mold Micro Habitats 11 12 9 13

  9. “Habitat Specialization” 6

  10. Slime Mold Nutrition 14

  11. Slime Mold Nutrition: Phagocytosis 15

  12. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) 16 18 Plasmodium (Physarum)

  13. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Macrocyst 21 Macrocyst Sclerotium

  14. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Plasmodium Sclerotium

  15. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) 17 Sporangium (Physarum) Aethalium (Lycogala) 19 SPOROPHORES

  16. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) 20 Spores (Physarum)

  17. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Myxamoebae Swarm Cells 23 22

  18. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Swarm Cells Myxamoebae 25 Plasmagamy and Zygote Formation

  19. True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Young Plasmodium Development

  20. Life Cycle of a True Slime Mold (Myxomycete) Fig. 29-5 in Alexopoulos et al. 1995

  21. Cellular Slime Molds 26 Dictylostelium

  22. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS IN NATURE 27 28 29 30

  23. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS Microcyst Nutrition, Growth, and Dormancy (Dictyostelium)

  24. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS cAMP 27 27 Starvation and Aggregation (Dictyostelium)

  25. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 32 31 Pseudoplasmodium = Slug Stage = Grex Stage (Dictyostelium)

  26. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 33 34 Sorocarp Formation (Dictyostelium)

  27. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 34 35 Spore Formation and Dispersal

  28. CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 35 Spore Germination and Myxamoeba (Dictyostelium)

  29. Cellular Slime Molds 35 Anamorph (Dictyostelium)

  30. Cellular Slime Molds Fusion of Myxamoebae; Macrocyst Formation (Dictyostelium) Fig. 27-2, Fig. 27-4 in Alexopoulos et al.1995

  31. Cellular Slime Molds Holomorph (Dictyostelium)

  32. 1 http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/june99.html 2 http://images.the-scientist.com/content/images/articles/54804/30-1.jpg 3 http://www.aphotofungi.com/SlimeMould-Physarum%20polycephalum23-03-07.jpg 4 http://www.mykoweb.com/bookstore/graphics/bsi019.gif 5 http://http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pxQaNYAkuFo/SMqbAjiVOaI/ AAAAAAAADsw/gzpvIDDbd_A/Lycogala+(2).JPG 6 http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/images/article_image.php?id=179 7 http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/uploads/slimemold.jpg 8 http://k53.pbase.com/u39/kmbloss/upload/32470924.2004_06_27ragtop 0027origcopy.jpg 9 http://grovelandscaping.com/wp-content/uploads/dscf0002.jpg 10 http://www.shortcourses.com/naturelog/slime-mold-05.jpg 12 http://www.shortcourses.com/naturelog/slime-mold-05.jpg

  33. 13 http://www.madaboutmushrooms.com/mad_about_mushrooms/MarysImages/ mystery-mold2-may08.jpg 14 http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/the-blob- eats-a-jock.jpg 15 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/9478.jpg 16 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/physarum.gif 17 http://www.educationalassistance.org/Physarum/Graphics/Sporangia.gif 18 http://www.aphotofungi.com/SlimeMould-Physarum%20polycephalum23- 03-07.jpg 19 http://handsontheland.org/monitoring/projects/slimemolds/images/physarum_ viride_nl240.gif 20 http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/2152web/2152/Image312.gif 21 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/226726758_f47a7a1b3a.jpg?v=0

  34. 22 http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/2152web/2152/Image313.gif 23 http://www.mycolog.com/myxameb.jpg 24 http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Fungi_Miller_Stevens_Rumann/ Edited%20Images/lycogala_epidendrum_raw4_edited_resized_large.jpg 25 http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/Bot201/Myxomycota/ amoeba2t.JPG 26 http://transdeath.uni-graz.at/Pictures/dictyostelium.jpg 27 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/ Dictyostelium_Aggregation.JPG/180px-Dictyostelium_Aggregation.JPG 28 http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4412299-lg.jpg 29 http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/new_zealand_II/images/glossy% 20leaves%20forest%20floor.jpg

  35. 30 http://www.media.rice.edu/images/media/2006RiceNews/0831_slimmold.jpg 31 http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2005/05/050504225817.jpg 32 http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/20959/2929117930104217012S600x600Q85.jpg 33 http://transdeath.uni-graz.at/Pictures/dictyostelium.jpg 34 http://www.laurentian.ca/NR/rdonlyres/C52C232B-4B96-48A1- A8F4-7AA9C8AF0D9E/0/dictyostelium.jpg 35 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v408/n6815/images/408917aa.2.jpg

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