0:18 We need more b-roll video of yourself in your natural environment. I'm jealous of your father-son relationship you guys have, very touching indeed. I think it could be a great warmth touch to this channel. Just few second of video of you walking in your forest or place, gathering the specimen, the local view of the area and a bit of interaction of you two. More explanation of why you chose this sample and how to take it. It's amazing to see your generosity to promote science to 'ordinary people', but we can also feel all your love as a Humanist. This is even more inspiring than microscopy alone. Looking for almost invisible things in life that make this world a better place, if we know where to look. As usual.. all my love, to you and your son, Alexandre From Montréal
Check around town where people use lots of wood mulch around the flower beds in the parks and gardens. Some slime molds really love mulch piles. Good luck!
One way to get a yellow slime mold is to keep used coffee grounds in an old coffee can with a lid on top. The lid has holes punched in the top to let excess moisture out. The grounds will retain a certain amount of moisture and this is what you want. Fruit flies eventually make their way in through the holes. If you are lucky, they will be carrying spores for the mold which will reproduce and thrive in the grounds. Keep the can out of direct light, but not in the dark. When the spores eventually form a plasmotoid, it will gradually send up veins along the sides which will result in the yellow slime mold emerging from the holes. It is ok to take the lid off every now and then to add new grounds or just to peek.
It takes a few weeks, but you can grow your own slime molds. All you do is pick up small pieces of wood from the forest. After soaking them overnight, you put them in an airtight container. After a couple of weeks, you can start checking on them and you'll probably find some slime molds. If not, just keep checking every week or so.
@@raajessahu6301 If you can get it onto a slide intact, sure. One way to do this would be to put the slide with a piece of oatmeal in the box. Some of the larger slime molds may grow on it to feed on the oatmeal, so you could then take the slide and look at it under the microscope. You could also put oats in the box and wait for the slime molds to cover them. Then you just transfer the oats to a slide and wait a while for the slime molds to come down from the oats.
It gives me an idea... What about we get a bag of rolled wheat and spread few grain here and there in our local forest and near a pound just before a heavy raining day. We come back 3 days after it got rain to look if there is blob on our 'baits'. It could be a great way to collect interesting samples just before winter isn't?
I've found a 'regular' yellow blob in my terrarium, but also an amazing 'fluo orange' one!!! I use manure compost (4 years old) to grow seedlings inside and I've this amazing orange blob came to life after 3 weeks! Unfortunately, I didn't have microscope at this time. But I guess this spores are still in my garden. It's curious, it look bright fluorescent orange on regular white light. But under purple light (near UV 405nm) it didn't glow much.
Sometimes, mushrooms will grow in public places, which is odd and few and far in between, but still cool (i live in the U.S.). This video reminds me of them.
Lo puedo escuchar en. Castellano (español), cuanto me alegro! Siempre me ha interesado tu canal, pero no era mi idioma, ahora lo puedo entender todo perfectamente, gracias
0:18 We need more b-roll video of yourself in your natural environment. I'm jealous of your father-son relationship you guys have, very touching indeed. I think it could be a great warmth touch to this channel. Just few second of video of you walking in your forest or place, gathering the specimen, the local view of the area and a bit of interaction of you two. More explanation of why you chose this sample and how to take it. It's amazing to see your generosity to promote science to 'ordinary people', but we can also feel all your love as a Humanist. This is even more inspiring than microscopy alone. Looking for almost invisible things in life that make this world a better place, if we know where to look.
As usual.. all my love, to you and your son,
Alexandre From Montréal
Check around town where people use lots of wood mulch around the flower beds in the parks and gardens. Some slime molds really love mulch piles. Good luck!
One way to get a yellow slime mold is to keep used coffee grounds in an old coffee can with a lid on top. The lid has holes punched in the top to let excess moisture out. The grounds will retain a certain amount of moisture and this is what you want. Fruit flies eventually make their way in through the holes. If you are lucky, they will be carrying spores for the mold which will reproduce and thrive in the grounds. Keep the can out of direct light, but not in the dark. When the spores eventually form a plasmotoid, it will gradually send up veins along the sides which will result in the yellow slime mold emerging from the holes. It is ok to take the lid off every now and then to add new grounds or just to peek.
Slime moulds are everywhere. Your house is full of them. They are facinating. The one most people reconise is dogs vommit.
It takes a few weeks, but you can grow your own slime molds. All you do is pick up small pieces of wood from the forest. After soaking them overnight, you put them in an airtight container. After a couple of weeks, you can start checking on them and you'll probably find some slime molds. If not, just keep checking every week or so.
Wow, thank you for this, one question, can we see nucleus and other cell organelle under microscope?
@@raajessahu6301 If you can get it onto a slide intact, sure. One way to do this would be to put the slide with a piece of oatmeal in the box. Some of the larger slime molds may grow on it to feed on the oatmeal, so you could then take the slide and look at it under the microscope.
You could also put oats in the box and wait for the slime molds to cover them. Then you just transfer the oats to a slide and wait a while for the slime molds to come down from the oats.
It gives me an idea...
What about we get a bag of rolled wheat and spread few grain here and there in our local forest and near a pound just before a heavy raining day. We come back 3 days after it got rain to look if there is blob on our 'baits'. It could be a great way to collect interesting samples just before winter isn't?
Slime molds are my spirit animal. They are so freakin' cool! I love that they confuse everybody.
I've found a 'regular' yellow blob in my terrarium, but also an amazing 'fluo orange' one!!!
I use manure compost (4 years old) to grow seedlings inside and I've this amazing orange blob came to life after 3 weeks!
Unfortunately, I didn't have microscope at this time. But I guess this spores are still in my garden.
It's curious, it look bright fluorescent orange on regular white light. But under purple light (near UV 405nm) it didn't glow much.
Would those lichens next to the orange blobs not interesting to be put under rhe scopes?
Sometimes, mushrooms will grow in public places, which is odd and few and far in between, but still cool (i live in the U.S.). This video reminds me of them.
To be fair, sometime mushrooms grow on pubic area as well... just sayin!
Lo puedo escuchar en. Castellano (español), cuanto me alegro! Siempre me ha interesado tu canal, pero no era mi idioma, ahora lo puedo entender todo perfectamente, gracias
Cómo así, ¿qué hizo para escucharlo en castellano?
you did it! (maybe you have more luck finding a BLOB next time :) )
Thank you!
A very nice video! Thanks Oliver
I like watching these videos. Please no not eat.
hindi ko yan kakainin.. 💀
Thank you very much sir
Nice identification
Thanks ;)
Merci comme on dit ici en France ;)
Coucou le cousin!
Alex de Montréal!
Is ChatGPT a good source for academic research?
You can upload scientific publications, and then ask ChatGPT to summarize the information. Helps you save time.
Das ist kein Schleimpilz denn er ist nicht schleimig
bei 1_11 Protisten nicht Protestanten. Schleimpilze sind selten, aber im internet fuer 2 Euro zu kaufen.
He said "protists" not Protstanten. Listen much?
@@cyclingnerddelux698 no in his german translation it was protestants not protists. Listen much
I have first like first comment.
Cool avatar and name!
@@alexandrevaliquette3883 Thank You
Translation: “As you all know. I’m an a giant tool, and hack. Please don’t let him come for me, Joe, please!!”
TREMELLA MESENTERICA
this is actually a different Tremella