Talk:Slime mold - Revision history

Fyr at 02:58, 11 December 2013

2013-12-11T02:58:13Z

67.206.186.146 at 01:27, 30 December 2011

2011-12-30T01:27:40Z

PeterGFin: Slime molds contain a lot of a liver damaging agent called galactosamine

2010-08-04T13:10:56Z

Slime molds contain a lot of a liver damaging agent called galactosamine

PeterGFin: Nutrition information for edible slime mold products: spore casings anyone?

2010-08-04T13:06:07Z

Nutrition information for edible slime mold products: spore casings anyone?

84.113.208.246 at 16:13, 22 October 2009

2009-10-22T16:13:44Z

PeterGFin at 16:52, 2 October 2009

2009-10-02T16:52:05Z

97.113.92.3: req

2009-01-15T02:48:28Z

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	I was interested enough in the subject to do a web search on the question of whether slime molds are edible and it is hard to say. Some types of food are poisonous if they are not cooked or prepared properly. Some types of mushroom are poisonous and other types are not. Some hits for 'dog vomit' slime molds range from edible to causing some types of disease. Do not eat any specific types of prepared slime molds unless it has been clearly unequivocally verified as safe to eat. [[Special:Contributions/67.206.186.146\|67.206.186.146]] 01:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)		I was interested enough in the subject to do a web search on the question of whether slime molds are edible and it is hard to say. Some types of food are poisonous if they are not cooked or prepared properly. Some types of mushroom are poisonous and other types are not. Some hits for 'dog vomit' slime molds range from edible to causing some types of disease. Do not eat any specific types of prepared slime molds unless it has been clearly unequivocally verified as safe to eat. [[Special:Contributions/67.206.186.146\|67.206.186.146]] 01:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
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		+	Can you wish for a slime mold? What if your fruitname is something else? What if your fruitname is "scroll of charging" and you wish for a scroll of charging?
		+	[[User:Fyr\|Fyr]] ([[User talk:Fyr\|talk]]) 02:58, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

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	There was a significant fraction of nonprotein amino acids made up largely of phenylalanine. The spore cases were enriched for specific proteins, some of which were glycosylated.'''"'''		There was a significant fraction of nonprotein amino acids made up largely of phenylalanine. The spore cases were enriched for specific proteins, some of which were glycosylated.'''"'''
	--[[User:PeterGFin\|PeterGFin]] 13:06, August 4, 2010 (UTC)		--[[User:PeterGFin\|PeterGFin]] 13:06, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
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		+	I was interested enough in the subject to do a web search on the question of whether slime molds are edible and it is hard to say. Some types of food are poisonous if they are not cooked or prepared properly. Some types of mushroom are poisonous and other types are not. Some hits for 'dog vomit' slime molds range from edible to causing some types of disease. Do not eat any specific types of prepared slime molds unless it has been clearly unequivocally verified as safe to eat. [[Special:Contributions/67.206.186.146\|67.206.186.146]] 01:27, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

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 are there any edible slime molds in real world? i think this would be more interesting than maze-solving amoebs ;) --[[Special:Contributions/84.113.208.246|84.113.208.246]] 16:13, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
-:Because they are so gooey and gross, every assumption is that they are indeed poison. They are liable to accumulate metal from their substrates. From the below I would hypothesise that if you could kill 100% of the slime mold (a very tall order) you would be safe. If the slime mold continued to function in your gut you would be in trouble.
+:Because they are so gooey and gross, every assumption is that they are indeed poison. They are liable to accumulate metal from their substrates. Quick research shows that they contain a lot of galactosamine amino sugar which is apparently a hepatotoxic or liver damaging chemical.
 '''"Spores''' were collected from aethalia of the acellular slime mold Fuligo septica. The following components were identified in the spore cases at the relative amounts (percentage dry weight) indicated:

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	are there any edible slime molds in real world? i think this would be more interesting than maze-solving amoebs ;) --[[Special:Contributions/84.113.208.246\|84.113.208.246]] 16:13, October 22, 2009 (UTC)		are there any edible slime molds in real world? i think this would be more interesting than maze-solving amoebs ;) --[[Special:Contributions/84.113.208.246\|84.113.208.246]] 16:13, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
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		+	:Because they are so gooey and gross, every assumption is that they are indeed poison. They are liable to accumulate metal from their substrates. From the below I would hypothesise that if you could kill 100% of the slime mold (a very tall order) you would be safe. If the slime mold continued to function in your gut you would be in trouble.
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		+	A better bet would be just to eat the 'fruit' or spore casings. There you would be eating a lot of amino sugars (galacto...s).
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		+	'''"Spores''' were collected from aethalia of the acellular slime mold Fuligo septica. The following components were identified in the spore cases at the relative amounts (percentage dry weight) indicated:
		+	protein (12.0%),
		+	lipid (16.7%),
		+	total carbohydrate (62.3%):(glucose (0.12%), galactose (0.56%), galactosamine (61.6%)),
		+	melanin (7.1%),
		+	phosphorus (0.4%),
		+	silicon (0.36),
		+	calcium (0.66%),
		+	sulfur (0.13%),
		+	manganese (0.08%),
		+	tin (0.02%).
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		+	There was a significant fraction of nonprotein amino acids made up largely of phenylalanine. The spore cases were enriched for specific proteins, some of which were glycosylated.'''"'''
		+	--[[User:PeterGFin\|PeterGFin]] 13:06, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

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	Slime Mold news. On 2nd October 2008 the IgNobel Cognitive Science Prize was awarded to Toshiyuki Nakagaki of Hokkaido University, Japan, Hiroyasu Yamada of Nagoya, Japan, Ryo Kobayashi of Hiroshima University, Atsushi Tero of Presto JST, Akio Ishiguro of Tohoku University, and Ágotá Tóth of the University of Szeged, Hungary for discovering that slime molds can solve puzzles in their seminal work: "Intelligence: Maze-Solving by an Amoeboid Organism."--[[User:PeterGFin\|PeterGFin]] 16:52, October 2, 2009 (UTC)		Slime Mold news. On 2nd October 2008 the IgNobel Cognitive Science Prize was awarded to Toshiyuki Nakagaki of Hokkaido University, Japan, Hiroyasu Yamada of Nagoya, Japan, Ryo Kobayashi of Hiroshima University, Atsushi Tero of Presto JST, Akio Ishiguro of Tohoku University, and Ágotá Tóth of the University of Szeged, Hungary for discovering that slime molds can solve puzzles in their seminal work: "Intelligence: Maze-Solving by an Amoeboid Organism."--[[User:PeterGFin\|PeterGFin]] 16:52, October 2, 2009 (UTC)
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		+	are there any edible slime molds in real world? i think this would be more interesting than maze-solving amoebs ;) --[[Special:Contributions/84.113.208.246\|84.113.208.246]] 16:13, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

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	please add total list of references, such as runoff from the nearby farm		please add total list of references, such as runoff from the nearby farm
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		+	Slime Mold news. On 2nd October 2008 the IgNobel Cognitive Science Prize was awarded to Toshiyuki Nakagaki of Hokkaido University, Japan, Hiroyasu Yamada of Nagoya, Japan, Ryo Kobayashi of Hiroshima University, Atsushi Tero of Presto JST, Akio Ishiguro of Tohoku University, and Ágotá Tóth of the University of Szeged, Hungary for discovering that slime molds can solve puzzles in their seminal work: "Intelligence: Maze-Solving by an Amoeboid Organism."--[[User:PeterGFin\|PeterGFin]] 16:52, October 2, 2009 (UTC)