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in damp soil or rotting material
Bennett Bode
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∙ 12y agoThey are found in the tropics and the temperate zones. Typically they are found in decaying, moist, and shady places, such as in the leaf litter on the forest floor. Some are known to live in aquatic systems. One is a parasite of eelgrass, and there is one that parasitizes the grass of Golf courses.
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∙ 7y agoSlime molds are usually found in soil, lawns, and on the forest floor, commonly on fallen deciduous logs.
However, in tropical areas they are also common on inflorescences, fruits and in aerial situations (e.g., in the canopy of trees).
In built up urban areas, they are found on mulch or even in the leaf mold in gutters, and also grow in air conditioners, especially when the drain is blocked.
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∙ 13y agoSlime molds are found in places that are damp and rich in organic matter, such as the floor of a forest or a backyard compost pile.
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What are protist that don't resemble plants animals or fungi called?
Slime molds do not resemble plants, animals, or fungi.
Cellular slime molds can be distinguished from plasmodial slime molds on the basis of what?
Slime molds eat dead plants and animals. Such as the dead bark off of a log or tree.
What is a slime molds habitat?
has a wide range of available habitat's it can live in cold and warm tempatures and it grows on dead or unliving things like bread in your house for example that's dead yeast.
What do slime molds form in order to reproduce?
Someone hasn't been cleaning under the skin.
What protists act like fungi?
slime molds
Do slime molds live in animals?
no
Do slime molds live in decaying plants?
yes
What are protist that don't resemble plants animals or fungi called?
Slime molds do not resemble plants, animals, or fungi.
What are 3 types of decomposing molds?
Molds are considered to be microbes and do not form a specific taxonomic or phylogenetic grouping, but can be found in the divisions Zygomycota and Ascomycota. There are Fungi known as molds. Slime molds and water molds are not Fungi.There are Fungi known as molds. Slime molds and water molds are not Fungi.
Slime molds can be classified as acellular or?
Slime molds are all cellular. The unique fact is that they may or may not be multinucleated.
The fruiting bodies in cellular slime molds and sporangia in a cellular slime molds?
Produce spores
Is slime mold an autotroph?
Slime molds are considered to be heterotrophs. Slime molds obtain their energy by consuming soil, decaying wood, and other decaying materials.
Are slime mold autotrophic or heterotrophic?
heterotrophs
How are slime molds harmful to humans?
They are not.
Cellular slime molds can be distinguished from plasmodial slime molds on the basis of what?
Slime molds eat dead plants and animals. Such as the dead bark off of a log or tree.
What is scrambled egg slime mold's classification?
Slime Molds are classified as Protista.
How often should you clean slime molds habitat?
what is the slime mold habitat.
