Slimes or slime moulds as we do not like to call them as they are not mould, they are not hard to find many have bright wonderful colours. They are single cell and spore, they feed on dead wood an leaves in fact they are good cleaners. They like oats as well and can be very cleaver at finding there way to favourite foods. They will navigate a maze made by people to get to food. Please enjoy the photos and keep a look out for them in your local woodlands they do not harm people.
Find out more about slimes and many other flora, fauna, and fungi at these two websites.
Although they are Hainault forest many much of the wildlife can be found at your local woods.
https://hainaultforest.net/ This site is updated often.
http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/ This site is now archived
So where does fantasy and anime come in.
I was surprised how fantasy and anime productions have studied slimes they are portrayed as monsters and also as friends. They do in real life help clean woodland they can multiply quickly and are smart.