SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Acellular Slime Mould, 'Many headed slime' (Physarum polycephalum) inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs

Alex Hyde / Dog Vomit / Scrambled Egg Slime Mould (Fuligo septica var. septica), a species of plasmodial slime mould (Myxomycetes class). Found on deciduous woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

Alex Hyde / Dog Vomit / Scrambled Egg Slime Mould (Fuligo septica var. septica), a species of plasmodial slime mould (Myxomycetes class). Found on deciduous woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

Alex Hyde / Slime Mould (Mucilago crustacea) at the plasmodium stage of its lifecycle, found in the corner of a field on wet grass. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Slime Mould (Mucilago crustacea) at the plasmodium stage of its lifecycle, found in the corner of a field on wet grass. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Slime Mould (Mucilago crustacea) at the plasmodium stage of its lifecycle, found in the corner of a field on wet grass. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Slime Mould (Mucilago crustacea) at the plasmodium stage of its lifecycle, on wet grass. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Slime mould (Trichia deciphens) close up growing on tree trunk, Surrey, England, December.

Adrian Davies / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) plasmodial stage of the myxomycete on a tree stump, UK, December.

Nature Production / Slime mould (Lamproderma columbinum) fruiting bodies

Solvin Zankl / Slime mold / mould (Physarum citrinum) close up, Germany, digital focus stacking

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) growing on rotten tree stump, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) UK, September

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) growing on rotten tree stump, UK, September

James Christensen / Plasmodial Slime Mold (Tubifera sp), Mindo, Ecuador

Robert Thompson / Flowers of tan / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica) on pine needles, Tollymore Forest, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, October

Robert Thompson / Flowers of tan / Dog vomit / Scrambled egg slime mould (Fuligo septica) Tollymore Forest, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, September

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / A petri dish contains the Slime mould (Physarum polycephalum) which is growing in culture on nutrient agar.

Adrian Davies / Penicillin mould on Satsuma fruit, UK

Mark Moffett / Millipede (Narceus americanus) with galls and mold inside acorn, Massachusetts

Dave Bevan / Woman forking well-rotted leaf mold from a big bag into a wheel barrow, UK, model released

Dave Bevan / Close up of two year old well-rotten leaf mold in garden, UK, model released

Graham Eaton / Dry riverbed of River Alyn during the summer. The River dissapears underground during dry summers, Mold, Clwyd, Wales, UK, May 2007

Graham Eaton / River Alyn dried up during the summer, Clwyd, Wales, UK, 2007. The River dissapears underground during dry summers, Mold, Clwyd, Wales, UK, May 2007

Duncan Mcewan / Myxomycetes slime mould fruiting on on chain saw wood chippings.

Duncan Mcewan / Slime moulds (Myxomycetes) on chain saw wood chippings, UK

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris sp) that grows mold for camouflage, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris sp) that grows mold for camouflage, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Flip de Nooyer / House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) group feeding from a bird feeder showing possible mold that can kill birds if left unchecked, Europe