This is the mould in its plasmodium phase, a community of myriad individual nuclei sharing a common fluid medium for movement and feeding. (Photograph by Gregg Heathcote 24 June 2010 just east of the fountain midway on the central axis of Callaghan campus west.)

Thystyn: what, this only lasted one day? the next shot is taken a day later and all the green goo is gone! "Seen in Fabulous Fungi - Australia" spelio: See Ian Warden's great article about introduced species in the ACT..and slime moulds! www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/garden-of-discovery-cap... and the new ANBG and CSIRO plant data base.. www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/ACT-census-2012/