noun retÂ·roÂ·gresÂ·sion \Ëre-trÉ-Ëgresh-Én\. : a reversal in development or condition: asa: return to a former and less complex level of development or organizationb: subsidence or decline of symptoms or manifestations of a disease.
Habitat. Slime molds live in somewhat variable habitats all over the world. Generally slime molds live in damp areas of vegetation. They live under rotting logs and damp leaves. Some of the other habitats that slime molds will inhabit include water such as tropical fish tanks.
Slime Mold: Starving a Saprophytic Fungus. Peter Rennie, RPF Consulting Forester and Arborist and contributor to my site, handled this question on slime mold. Peter began by stating that slime mold is not, technically, a lawn disease, but rather a saprophytic fungus (i.e., it is an organism that lives on dead organic matter). So the most logical way to get rid of slime mold is to cut off its food supply of dead organic matter.