Freaky fungi: We present, the weirdly alive, beautifully vibrant, commonly named dog vomit slime mold, or scrambled egg slime. (Scientific name: Fuligo septica) Well, there goes my lunch... Okay, okay, slime mold is not actually a fungus. We're just trying to be a fungi here! In simple terms, slime molds are a collection of single-celled organisms that move together in search of nutrients. Slime molds eat bacteria. They appear on dead and decaying logs in our rainforest ecosystem during summer.