Exciting World of the Slime Moulds
Author | : Bruce Ing |
Publisher | : University of Chester |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2008-12-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1908258764 |
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Author | : Bruce Ing |
Publisher | : University of Chester |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2008-12-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1908258764 |
Author | : Bruce Ing |
Publisher | : University of Chester |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Myxomycetes |
ISBN | : 9781905929627 |
Author | : Bruce Ing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Myxomycetes |
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Author | : Sarah Lloyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-12-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780646868912 |
This densely-packed book introduces the fascinating world of myxomycetes, the acellular slime moulds. It describes their intriguing life cycle and important ecological roles as decomposers, nutrient recyclers and food for numerous invertebrates. And it reveals their exquisite evocative forms through microscope and camera, along with time lapse images that capture the dramatic changes in colour and shape as the fruiting bodies mature.The past ten years has seen a burgeoning interest in slime moulds by photographers, students and enthusiasts who are captivated by their singular beauty. This popular and informative book-now in its fourth edition-is an aid to their identification, an illustrated glossary, and an account of a passion for slime moulds that has led to the discovery of a wealth of species inhabiting a tall wet eucalypt forest in central north Tasmania.
Author | : Andrew Adamatzky |
Publisher | : Luniver Press |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2014-12-01 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1905986432 |
The art works are the outcomes of scientific experiments that aimed to design computing devices made from slime mould. Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a single-cell organism visible by the unaided eye. The slime mould computes by optimising its shape, electrical activity or location in response to stimulations. This fascinating mix of art and science offers an awe-inspiring look at the ways in which slime mould explores its environment and performs computation. Art works allow us to see the world through the "eyes" of the slime mould and show that the absence of a brain does not exclude an amorphous living creature from intelligence.
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Release | : 2018-08-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780646990347 |
Author | : Sarah Jane Lloyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2014-10-01 |
Genre | : Fungi |
ISBN | : 9780646924519 |
Slime moulds are not slimy, nor do they look like mould; in fact, most are exquisite. Fuligo septica is an exception. This common cosmopolitan species forms amorphous yellowish blobs known variously throughout the world by the evocative names 'dog's vomit slime', 'moon shit', 'demon droppings' or 'snake poo'. Plasmodial or acellular slime moulds--also known as Myxomycetes--are mysterious and ubiquitous, yet few people know they exist.One reason for this is their size. Most of their reproductive structures are so small that they are easily overlooked by all but a dedicated few prepared to search trees, logs, stumps and leaf litter with magnifying lens and torch. Naturalist, writer and photographer Sarah Lloyd is perfectly located to search for myxomycetes in the tall wet eucalypt forest that surrounds her home in northern Tasmania. Her photographs of over sixty species capture the colour and variety in their miniature spore-bearing 'fruits'. She is also ideally situated to document over hours and days some common but rarely seen events including actively feeding plasmodia (one of the two animal-like stages of a myxomycete) and the transformation of plasmodia to reproductive structures. In the 19th century three type specimens of myxomycetes--the original specimens used by an author to describe a new species--were collected from Tasmania. And even though cool temperate forests are known to be rich in myxomycetes and there have been occasional collecting trips to this remote corner of the world, it has taken a local naturalist to discover these riches and to share her passion for these ecologically important organisms.
Author | : Ellen Lawrence |
Publisher | : Bearport Publishing |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2018-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1642804215 |
Animal, plant, fungus—just what kind of living thing is a slime mold? How do these slimy blobs move from place to place? And how do slime molds help clean up rotting leaves and other dead stuff in backyards and forests? In this brand-new title, learn the answers to these questions and more—and prepare to get slimed! This new Science Slam! title will introduce readers to the secret, oozy world of slime molds. The book is expertly crafted to meet early elementary and science curriculum standards, as well as introduce children to bizarre and interesting facts. Innovative, grade-appropriate activities and experiments, critical-thinking questions, and fascinating fact boxes will hold readers’ interests with a viselike grip. And, best of all, the activities are gooey and fun!
Author | : A. P. Morgan |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2021-04-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
This study is based upon the vast collection of Myxomycetes, a class of slime molds growing in Miami. It comprises more than one hundred species that have been carefully compared with samples obtained from researchers elsewhere in the US and Europe. The writer has explained everything in simple words, avoiding technicalities so that the general reader can grasp the information quickly.
Author | : Thomas Huston Macbride |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Myxomycetes |
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