slime mold

Also known as slime mould, slime molds, slime moulds

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

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Comatricha nigra (Myxogastria) with developing fruiting bodies (sporangia)

Slime molds (British English: Slime moulds) are a variety of small or microscopic organisms in different groups. They have both single-celled and multicellular forms during their life cycle, the individual cells coming together to form fruiting bodies that produce spores. Most live in damp places such as rotting wood.