Physarum polycephalum
Description
Is unicellular, multinucleated plasmodium "Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia)
Other descriptions
Life cycle
- plasmodium
- sclerotium
- sporangia
- motile stage
Cultivation
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Dictyostelium discoideum
Description
Are at the same time unicellular and multicellular, therefore called often as social amoebae
- Dictyostelium exhibit a form of intelligence
- When separated they will pull themselves back together
- They also exhibit self-sacrifice
- They will gather and form a stalk and then a fruiting body
- Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner)
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