What is it?
Jan 14, 2021
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SLIME MOULD
f we zoom in, a woodland floorprovides a perch for an assassin bug, perhaps hunting springtails or other tiny creatures feeding on the mould. No longer considered fungi, slime moulds are only distantly related to the fungal realm, yet equally ancient and mysterious. During their adult stage (shown here), many develop into a superorganism, or plasmodium, consisting of myriad strands that support complex reproductive structures.
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