Beware! The Slime Mold!
Our intrepid reporter studies the science behind the movie, The Blob, debunking Dr. Meddow’s longstanding theory that The Blob is a mutant bacterium from outer space. Warning: this post contains actual ooze, plus a song that, if you get it in your head, will haunt you for days.
The elusive dog’s nose fungus
An encounter with a fungus that looks like a glistening dog’s nose, except it’s attached to a log and shoots out black spores. It’s rare in my personal experience, but is it really rare? How do we know which fungi are rare? Short answer: we don’t.