Fluorescent fungus    Slime mould is no ordinary mould - it's a fungus that also has animal genes. Although they possess no nervous system, slime moulds have been shown to navigate mazes and communicate with one another. The spores of the slime mould Physarum leucophaeum are seen here in a fluorescent micrograph from Dalibor Matýsek of VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. His image received honourable mention and shows off the beautiful patterns and structures of this strange…
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