Research Activity Slime molds (myxomycetes), higher fungi, and forest community ecology His program of research on the myxomycetes (commonly called slime molds) has been carried out in examples of every major type of terrestrial ecosystem and has taken him to all seven continents. He is a former Fulbright Scholar (India), a fellow of the Mycological Society of America, and the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 450 book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals.