Slime molds are one example of fungus-like protists. Compare and contrast the two types of slime molds, their cell structure, and how they obtain nutrients.
The two kinds of slime molds are plasmodial slime molds or true slime molds and cellular slime molds.
True slime molds are a type of molds that are large hand are single-celled that have thousands of nuclei called plasmodium. These molds form when individual flagellated cells come together and fuse forming a large bag of cytoplasm that contains several diploid nuclei.
Cellular slime molds on the other hand are single-celled amoeboid protists. They undergo what is known as pseudoplasmodia wherein the individual mold will release a chemical signal then other single-celled molds will get attracted and turn into a swarm. As the swarm continues to grow it eventually becomes a multi-cellular slug.
