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Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)
Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)
Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)
Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)
Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)
Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)

Pet Blob Science Kit (Physarum Polycephalum)

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This listing is for a complete culturing kit that includes everything needed to culture blobs. This kit also includes 2 active blob (slime mold) cultures preserved as sclerotia on lab quality filter paper measuring 1cm x 1cm. 

Included Blob Tools and Items

  • Scalpel
  • Tweezers
  • Pipette
  • 2 oz. Measuring Cup
  • Large 150mm Petri Dish
  • Small 100mm Petri Dish
  • Blob Food (Oats)
  • 4 Agar Capsules
  • 2 Charcoal Capsules
  • 2 Blob Culture Samples
  • Complete Instructions

How To Activate Physarum Polycephalum

Physarum Polycephalum is an easy and fascinating life form to grow. Enjoy the exciting experience of reactivating this organism on a petri dish or in an active vivarium. The sample can be reactivated easily by dipping it in water and setting it in a humid environment or on plain agar petri dish. 

Physarum Polycephalum Scientific Summary

Acellular slime molds or myxomycetes popularly known as "Blobs". A protist with diverse cellular forms and broad geographic distribution. The “acellular” moniker derives from the plasmodial stage of the life cycle: the plasmodium is a macroscopic multinucleate coenocyte shaped in a network of interlaced tubes. This stage of the life cycle, along with its preference for damp shady habitats, likely contributed to the original mischaracterization of the organism as a fungus.