Slime Moulds
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 300 slime mould specimens (Mycetozoa or Myxomycetes). Slime moulds are single-celled organisms that can aggregate to form fungi-like reproductive structures. They were once classed as fungi, but are now considered as ‘Protists’, but of varied types. The collection consists of samples of the minute dried parts of the reproductive structures. These date from 1888 to 1930. The collection is chiefly associated with Arthur Lister and his daughter Gulielma at the turn of the 20th century. The Strathclyde collection (GGO) contains some 60 boxes in a named and numbered set. Most of the boxes contain specimens from southern England that date from around the late 19th century, which were acquired from the Listers. The University of Glasgow collection (GL) comprises a set of types donated to Professor Bower of the University of Glasgow’s Botany Department by the Listers in about 1901, following a visit to Glasgow. There are 147 small boxes, the specimens are named and dated and have location information. The Glasgow Museums civic collection (GLAM) contains a set of 80 specimens from the Norfolk area in the 1930s, obtained from St Andrews College in 1985.
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