Have you heard of the word myxomycetes? If so, have you seen one? Generally, myxomycetes or plasmodial slime molds are fungus-like protists that are commonly found in dead and decaying woods, or woody litter, and on dead leaves. Their unique life cycle offers a huge challenge for biodiversity and ecological studies. Studies about myxomycetes are still very limited especially here in the Philippines considering that the number of myxomycetes recorded are so far only 150 species. These records are very little compared to other countries in the Neotropics but somewhat higher compared to the countries in the ASEAN region. The diversity of myxomycetes have been studied in several parts of the Philippines and until now continuous exploration for this organism has been done by the researchers of the Fungal Biodiveristy, Ecogenomics and Systematics Group of the University of Santo Tomas under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz. Mountains, forests, agricultural plantations and islands of different provinces in the Philippines are being explored and documented by the FBeS researchers. Many publications about myxomycetes in the Philippines were by the FBeS group in collaboration with other researchers of myxomycetes in the world.                        – Enrico M. Cabutaje