Slime molds belong to the class Myxogastria, which is part of the larger group known as Amoebozoa. They are unique protists that exhibit both fungal and amoeboid characteristics during their life cycle. Slime molds are primarily known for their fascinating ability to form multicellular structures and move in search of food, typically bacteria and decaying organic matter.
Slime molds are fungus-like protists. They have a feeding and a reproducing stage in life. See link below for more information.
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The kingdom that slime mold is in is "Fungi'.
The scientific name of a slime mold is Dictyostelium discoideum.
It is not a good description. A slime mold is a protist.
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Slime mold is not a ciliate. Although slime molds enter a amoeboid stage, they are not equipped with cilia.
Slime molds belong to the class Myxomycetes, order Liceales, family Physaraceae, genus Physarum, and species Polycephalum.
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Slime mold can be unicellular or multicellular
It used to be part of the kingdom of fungi, but after some years of research, it has been classified as belonging to the kingdom protist and ONLY protist. it isn't a plant a fungi an animal and its usually a large single celled thing so, after researchers discovered this they put it into the kingdom protist. there are aproximally 1070 species of slime mold known to man.
The slime mold gets its food by decomposing the nutrient for living or once-living things.