Question

general characteristics of the slime moulds are ?

Answer 1

Slime moulds exhibit characteristics of both animals and fungi hence called fungus-animals. They do not have chlorophyll.

The cell is surrounded by plasma membrane only. Slime moulds live amongst decaying vegetation and they exhibit wide range of colouration.

Reproduction can be both sexual and asexual. Slime moulds represent both protozoa and true fungi. They are like protozoa in amoeboid plasmodial stage and similar to fungi in spore formation.

Answer 2

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SLIME MOULDS ARE :-


they are usually free - living creeping over debris like fallen leaves and rotting logs of wood.


they have naked protoplast , not covered by any cell wall in vegetative stage.


they lack chlorophyll and have saprobic or phototrophic mode of nutrition.

the body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic material . under favourable conditions they form an aggregation called plasmodium which may grow and spread over several foot . during unfavourable conditions , the plasmodium differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing spores at their tips.


. during life cycle they are amoeboid and non - cellulosic but spores have cellulosic wall so that their vegetative phase resembles with plants.


amoeboid plasmodial stage resembles protozoa and spore forming nature is like fungi.

spores are extremely resistant and survive for many years , even under adverse conditions . the spores are dispersed by air currents.

reproduction is both sexual and asexual .

this group is represented by two separate types of organisms such like acellular and cellular.


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