Blebleb
@blebleb.bsky.social
PhD student slime mold researcher and rehabituated forest creature. Profile pictured being a rascal in Vienna City Hall.
Ooh this reminds me of my favorite magic card art for very similar reasons
October 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Ooh this reminds me of my favorite magic card art for very similar reasons
Patting some mushrooms to survive the horrors.
September 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Patting some mushrooms to survive the horrors.
Reminds me of my favorite Christian flier I've gotten on my campus. My favorite is "YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF GOD" like whoa really? Me? I'm honored
September 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Reminds me of my favorite Christian flier I've gotten on my campus. My favorite is "YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF GOD" like whoa really? Me? I'm honored
My little guy doodle from our lab whiteboard, I love him
August 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My little guy doodle from our lab whiteboard, I love him
And to think I made fun of this guy.
July 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
And to think I made fun of this guy.
Reminds me if my favorite car sticker.
July 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reminds me if my favorite car sticker.
Look at this beetle my wife and I found.
July 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Look at this beetle my wife and I found.
Hold slime gentle like borger
June 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hold slime gentle like borger
Here she is cleaning herself, waiting for the venom to take effect.
June 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here she is cleaning herself, waiting for the venom to take effect.
Feeding my black widow spider today. Just a usual moth. You can see her wrapping it up and delivering a bite.
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Feeding my black widow spider today. Just a usual moth. You can see her wrapping it up and delivering a bite.
Here she is cleaning up afterwards, waiting for the venom to take effect.
June 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Here she is cleaning up afterwards, waiting for the venom to take effect.
I found the myxobacteria SEM pictures I was looking for. @regularslimeguy.bsky.social
You can see that the outside of the fruiting body seems to be a shell of cells. Although, having undergone dehydrating and drying, it's hard to say what the natural state of the cells are - dormant or sacrificed.
You can see that the outside of the fruiting body seems to be a shell of cells. Although, having undergone dehydrating and drying, it's hard to say what the natural state of the cells are - dormant or sacrificed.
June 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I found the myxobacteria SEM pictures I was looking for. @regularslimeguy.bsky.social
You can see that the outside of the fruiting body seems to be a shell of cells. Although, having undergone dehydrating and drying, it's hard to say what the natural state of the cells are - dormant or sacrificed.
You can see that the outside of the fruiting body seems to be a shell of cells. Although, having undergone dehydrating and drying, it's hard to say what the natural state of the cells are - dormant or sacrificed.
I like blob trotters a lot.
May 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I like blob trotters a lot.
Bonus picture of my wife being chased by goats after they discovered that she had chips. They did get a few chips.
May 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bonus picture of my wife being chased by goats after they discovered that she had chips. They did get a few chips.
Our fastidious log inspections revealed some strange markings, maybe bite marks? But of what? Within sight of the house we found a beautiful moth and a very curious snail. And to top it all off, right in the driveway I found my first Craterium specimen!
May 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our fastidious log inspections revealed some strange markings, maybe bite marks? But of what? Within sight of the house we found a beautiful moth and a very curious snail. And to top it all off, right in the driveway I found my first Craterium specimen!
As productive as ever, we found something almost every step. My wife says this bug is a bristleback and occupies some interesting evolutionary branch. We found another two strange fungi, and our last Ceratiomyxa. I believe this Ceratiomyxa specimen is an arbuscula, but slightly difficult to tell.
May 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As productive as ever, we found something almost every step. My wife says this bug is a bristleback and occupies some interesting evolutionary branch. We found another two strange fungi, and our last Ceratiomyxa. I believe this Ceratiomyxa specimen is an arbuscula, but slightly difficult to tell.
Finally, on our way back we found many slime molds. This first one is another Physarales we found growing off the stems of some plant and had also migrated onto solid rock to fruit. We found another typical C. fruticulosa and a bare butt fungus (the best name for Lycogala).
May 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Finally, on our way back we found many slime molds. This first one is another Physarales we found growing off the stems of some plant and had also migrated onto solid rock to fruit. We found another typical C. fruticulosa and a bare butt fungus (the best name for Lycogala).
We continued up this stream a ways before looping back around into the forest to head back home. Managed to spot an amazing little salamander underwater before it noticed us and wiggled away. While turning over wood looking for slime molds (pictured soon), we also found a little snake.
May 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We continued up this stream a ways before looping back around into the forest to head back home. Managed to spot an amazing little salamander underwater before it noticed us and wiggled away. While turning over wood looking for slime molds (pictured soon), we also found a little snake.
Just a little ways past the log bridge I found what I think may be Diderma floriforma, but could also be a fungus... Then definitely a cute little patch of fungus inside a log. My wife found a crayfish while I was snooping around the rotten wood, and then I found a dead man's orb.
May 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just a little ways past the log bridge I found what I think may be Diderma floriforma, but could also be a fungus... Then definitely a cute little patch of fungus inside a log. My wife found a crayfish while I was snooping around the rotten wood, and then I found a dead man's orb.
Along this stream we found our first slime mold! Some kind of Physarales, not sure until I can see it under slightly higher magnification. And, found our first Ceratiomyxa, which is solidly a typical C. fruticulosa. We also found a great caterpillar.
May 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Along this stream we found our first slime mold! Some kind of Physarales, not sure until I can see it under slightly higher magnification. And, found our first Ceratiomyxa, which is solidly a typical C. fruticulosa. We also found a great caterpillar.
We found the meeting point of two streams, and went upstream of the second one. The last two pictures are the same log, but from different perspectives (note thd hole in the side of the log).
May 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We found the meeting point of two streams, and went upstream of the second one. The last two pictures are the same log, but from different perspectives (note thd hole in the side of the log).
On our way down the first stream we came upon several interesting things. A few very good fungi and what seems to be some kind of mite on a cranefly.
May 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On our way down the first stream we came upon several interesting things. A few very good fungi and what seems to be some kind of mite on a cranefly.
Explored my mother-in-law's property as practice for the excursions we'll be going on in France at the nivicolous myxomycete meeting (traveling all day today). Her house sits nearby a convergence of spring-fed streams that all run together near the bottom of the property.
May 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Explored my mother-in-law's property as practice for the excursions we'll be going on in France at the nivicolous myxomycete meeting (traveling all day today). Her house sits nearby a convergence of spring-fed streams that all run together near the bottom of the property.
When you mute but don't block
May 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
When you mute but don't block