1.2M views · 25K reactions | Physarum polycephalum or “The Blob” is nature’s navigator. These network based microorganisms optimize and demonstrate a form of intelligence. | Paul Stamets | Facebook

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

Happy Slime Mold Sunday! Watch this blob of plasmodium dance around in timelapse. The pulsing you’re observing is the bidirectional flow of cellular components across the plasmodium, which is one giant multinucleated cell. The direction switches every 60-90s and is a fundamental part of how these organisms grow. This plasmodia is developing into a spore bearing structure known as sporangia, it happens very quickly, within 24 hours this yellow blob had turned into a brown/black mass of fertile sp