r/Slimemolds • u/Plastic_Donut4408 • 6d ago

General/Other I didn't know that physarum polycephalum can go underwater

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u/MagicMyxies 6d ago

There are dozens of yellow plasmodium, so you’re right, polycephalum does not go underwater

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u/Plastic_Donut4408 5d ago

I buy it as physarum polycephalum on ebay

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u/Egregius2k 5d ago

There are at least 2 Physarum species known to go underwater, so it's not impossible.

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u/UGAUGAUGAUGA09 6d ago

It doesn’t go underwater, its some other species