The Slime Moulds
Until recently, the slime moulds were regarded as organisms of
uncertain taxonomic status, claimed as fungi by mycologists and as protozoa by
protozoologists because In the feeding stage, the slime moulds moves about as a
mass of protoplasm (the plasmodium) feeding on
bacteria, spores, and other organic matter much like an amoeba. ( Phagocytosis )
Their life cycle involves two very different trophic (feeding) stages,
one consisting of uninucleate amoebae, with or without flagella, and the other
consisting of a distinctive multinucleate structure, called the plasmodium.
Fruiting
Body Structure:
are usually composed
of 6 parts: hypothallus, stalk, columella, peridium, capillitium and spores
Fruiting
Body Structure:
are usually composed
of 6 parts: hypothallus, stalk, columella, peridium, capillitium and spores