Slime molds (fungus like) Flashcards
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fungus like protists
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-all heterotrophs
-often slimy look
-no chitin
2
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2 types of fungi like
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slime molds
water molds
3
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2 main types of slime molds
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Phylum myxomycota - Plasmodial slime molds
Phylum Acrasiomycota - Cellular slime molds
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Slime molds
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-cool damp shady places
-animal like in englufing food but fungi like thru spore reproduction
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Plasmodial slime mold
-unicellular
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-Forms plasmodium
-mass of cytoplasm
moves like amoeba
-when food low turns into stalks and makes spores
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Cellular Slime Mold
-multicellular
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-part of it’s life is amoeboid cell
-clump together to reproduce
-Pseudoplasmodium
7
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Water molds
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-some plant paracites
-grows over its food
-looks like fungus threads abosrb food
