
Slime Mold Spores #6

by Meckes/ottawa
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Slime Mold Spores #6
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Meckes/ottawa
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Photograph - Photograph
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Colored scanning electron micrograph of slime mold (Diachea leukopodia) spores. Changes in humidity cause these white colored threads (capillitium) within the fruiting body to change shape, flicking the spores into the air. Until recently the taxonomic status of slime molds has been uncertain. They had been considered to be fungi by some and protozoa by others. There are three main groups of slime molds. One group is the Plasmodial slime molds which are large single cells with thousands of nuclei. These cells are formed when individual flagellated cells swarm and fuse together. Another group is the cellular slime molds. These slime molds begin their lives as individual amoeboid protists which later congregate into a large swarm. The third group is the Labyrinthulomycota which seem to be more closely related to the Chromista than the other slime molds. Magnification is x1000 at 6x6cm.
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May 19th, 2021
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