slime mold
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eukaryotic organisms with a life cycle that includes a free-living single-celled stage and the formation of spores
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Encyclopedic overview
Comatricha nigra (Myxogastria) with developing fruiting bodies (sporangia)
Slime molds (British English: Slime moulds) are a variety of small or microscopic organisms in different groups. They have both single-celled and multicellular forms during their life cycle, the individual cells coming together to form fruiting bodies that produce spores. Most live in damp places such as rotting wood.
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