Cryptogam
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A cryptogam is a plant, in the broad sense of the word, or a plant-like organism that shares similar characteristics, such as being multicellular, photosynthetic, and primarily immobile, that reproduc
Polystichum setiferum, a fern
Grimmia pulvinata, a moss
Pelvetia canaliculata, a brown alga
Hypholoma fasciculare, a fungus
Slime mold
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Slime molds are a variety of small or microscopic organisms in different groups. They have both single-celled and multicellular forms during their life cycle, the individual cells coming together to f
Comatricha nigra (Myxogastria) with developing fruiting bodies (sporangia)
Lycogala epidendrum was the first slime mold to be discussed scientifically, by Thomas Panckow in 1654.
Stemonitis shows stalked sporangia for airborne spore dispersal.
Diachea leucopodia