Myxomycetes: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Mycetozoa • true slime mold

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Lycogala, a common myxomycete of wood, whose sporangia resemble small puffballs

A myxomycete in the plasmodial stage.

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Ceratiomyxa Fuligo Physarum Stemonitis Physarum cinereum flowers of tan Physarum polycephalum protist slime mold ciliate Red algae Green algae apicomplexan Plasmodiophoromycota Chytridiomycota Xanthophyta Protozoan Algae Dinoflagellate