Hi Heather! In a recent chat you sent me this link –

Question: Hi Heather! In a recent chat you sent me this link - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2012/11/26/starving-to-be-social-the-odd-life-of-dictyostelium-slime-molds/ when I asked about the Mexican Hats. (Thank you!) I just wondered - what are the hats made of?
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Asked by galmpton to Heather on 27 Jun 2013.
- Heather Eyre answered on 27 Jun 2013:
  
  Hi,
  
  They are made of lots of dictyostelium cells working together! As it says they are a type of mold, and they don’t smell very nice even if they do have some cool behaviours!
  
  Here’s a video of them forming the hat and then the stalk and spores!

Question: Hi Heather! In a recent chat you sent me this link - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2012/11/26/starving-to-be-social-the-odd-life-of-dictyostelium-slime-molds/ when I asked about the Mexican Hats. (Thank you!) I just wondered - what are the hats made of?