Myxomycota (Physarum): Plasmodial slime molds
-Funguslike
-Spends most of their life as independent ameboid cell that feeds, grows, and divides by cell division
-When food becomes scarce, these ind. cells join together to reproduce (resembles a plasmodium, but each cell has distinct cell membranes)
-Haploid during their entire life cycle
-Spends most of their life as independent ameboid cell that feeds, grows, and divides by cell division
-When food becomes scarce, these ind. cells join together to reproduce (resembles a plasmodium, but each cell has distinct cell membranes)
-Haploid during their entire life cycle