Question

explain Slime moulds in detail

Answer 1

a simple organism that consists of an acellular mass of creeping jelly-like protoplasm containing nuclei, or a mass of amoeboid cells. When it reaches a certain size it forms a large number of spore cases.

Answer 2

Answer:

Slime moulds -

• They are saprophytic protists.
• The body feeds on the dead and decaying twigs and leaves i.e. organic material.
• They form and aggregation called plasmodium sometimes which may grow and spread over several feet.
• In some other conditions, the plasmodium divides and differentiates to form fruiting bodies which bears spores.
• The spores possess walls.
• These walls make it extremely resistant and survive for many years.
• The spores disperse by air currents.

They are included in Kingdom Protista. The protists can be classified into photosynthetic protists, saprophytic protists and protozoans.

The photosynthetic protists includes chrysophytes, dinoflagellates and euglenoids.

The saprophytic protists includes slime moulds.

The protozoans include amoeboid protozoans, flagellated protozoans, ciliated protozoans and sporozoans.