Mycetozoa

eukaryotic organisms with a life cycle that includes a free-living single-celled stage and the formation of spores

Mycetozoa is a polyphyletic grouping of slime molds. It was originally thought to be a monophyletic clade, but in 2010 it was discovered that protostelia are a polyphyletic group within Conosa.

species of slime mould

thumb|Dictyostelium aggregations on a culture plate thumb|Dictyostelium colony in process of aggregation thumb|Pseudoplasmodium or "slug" of a Dictyostelium thumb|Single amoeboid cell of Dictyostelium, showing the contractile vacuole