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From: doug@netcom.COM (Doug Merritt)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Slime mold???
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.195758.16977@netcom.COM>
Date: 10 Jun 91 19:57:58 GMT
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Does slime mold ever settle into a form that resembles a sponge?

Something that *looks* like a sponge sometimes appears out of a crack
in the tile in my bathroom (moist environment), and shows indications of
having moved up to 6 inches laterally overnight. This has happened twice
now, and I want to know if I should call an exorcist or not. :-)

The body was about 2 inches wide & deep the first time, and this
time was about 2 inches wide but maybe 5 inches long. It looks very
much like a sponge (off yellow, dotted with tiny holes etc), but is
rather crumbly when it's cleaned away.

I'm wildly guessing that it might be slime mold simply because I understand
the latter is capable of moving, but I don't know really what I'm
looking at.
	Doug
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