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

. in Environmental Studies. Her passions for the natural world, teeny tiny things and Easter egg hunts coalesced into a love for slime mold. Carrie Niblett is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. In the future she hopes to climb more trees and stop having stress dreams about spores

In the future she hopes to climb more trees and stop having stress dreams about spores. About the Author Carrie Niblett is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. . in Environmental Studies. Her passions for the natural world, teeny tiny things and Easter egg hunts coalesced into a love for slime mold

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.