241K views · 739 reactions | Check out this time-lapse of a slime...

204K views · 5K reactions | An incredible time lapse of slime mold plasmodium pulsing or ‘breathing’ driven by cytoplasmic streaming. Slime molds run on a ‘network intelligence’ to coordinate their senses across the plasmodium. How cool! Thanks, Fascinated by Fungi for sharing this video! | Paul Stamets | Facebook

I’ve seen this incredible slime mold time lapse video making the rounds on social media, so I decided to duet it (please let me know who filmed the original video so I can tag them). This is #ChocolateTubeSlimeMold or #Stemonitis going from it’s nascent egg-like stage into elongated yellowish tubes that quickly turn into brown powdery columns. These are the spore bearing sporangia of this slime mold. Despite going from egg to mature slime mold in as little as 24 hours, these spore laden chocolat