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Fuligo

fuligo

Fuligo is a fascinating slime mold that can look like a yellow or white blob! It loves to grow on decaying wood and can even move to find food!

Lebensraum: Fuligo thrives in damp, shady areas, often found on decaying logs and leaf litter.

Aussehen

The Fuligo has a striking, often frothy appearance, resembling scrambled eggs or foam. It typically starts bright yellow or creamy white, maturing into a crusty, brownish-black blob. Its amorphous shape makes it look quite unlike a typical mushroom.

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Fuligo

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

It can appear almost overnight, growing super fast after rain!

It can grow as large as a dinner plate across a forest floor.

Scientists have sent Fuligo into space for experiments. Wow!

This organism is actually a giant, single-celled blob!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fuligo can flow and change its shape like a giant amoeba because of its single-celled body, helping it explore and find food.

Fuligo has a remarkable ability to find the shortest path through a maze, showing unexpected intelligence for a simple organism.

Fuligo can produce a bright yellow pigment called fuligorubin that helps it absorb harmful ultraviolet light from the sun.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 1-5 cm
Edibility: inedible
Wachstumssubstrat: wood
Saison: Spring to fall
Sporenfarbe: Purple-brown to black

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

E. coli bacterium

Escherichia coli

It feeds on various bacteria found in its environment.

eats

soil bacterium

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Consumes these soil bacteria for energy and growth.

depends on

common oak

Quercus robur

It decomposes fallen branches and dead wood from oak trees.

depends on

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Utilizes decaying wood and leaves from beech trees as its substrate.

Merkmale

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