The Curious Observer's Guide to Slime Molds of UC Santa Cruz and Beyond

by Carrie Niblett

In this self-described love letter to slime, naturalist, student and slime mold enthusiast Carrie Niblett provides background information, photographs, diagrams and 22 species descriptions of slime molds that can be found on the UC Santa Cruz campus and in terrestrial ecosystems around the globe. You can find slime molds occupying damp logs and creeping over leaf litter steps away from the classroom but until you picked up this book, these strange and beautiful organisms may have been hidden in plain sight. Let this guide be your companion as you take a peek into the curious world of slime molds.

Genres: Nonfiction

84 pages, Paperback

Published June 18, 2017

Reviews

[Damaris Brisco · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE CURIOUS OBSERVER'S GUIDE TO SLIME MOLDS OF UC SANTA CRUZ AND BEYOND is both an accessible introduction to the biology of slime molds and an excellent practical guide to observing them in the wild, including insightful tips for slime mold photography. As the title suggests, this book features slime mold species commonly found in Santa Cruz, California, but many of these are cosmopolitan species found throughout the world; readers in other places may also find this a helpful beginner's guide to finding and identifying slime molds.

[Guy Lenk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fun book with some AMAZINGLY COOL pictures in it. If you ever wanted to learn about really bizarre forms of life but have it written in a style which can best be described as the opposite of "stodgy old academic" this is the book for you. I've always said learning should be able to be entertaining and this book definitely fits that category.