The dictyostelids or cellular slime molds are a group of slime molds or social amoebae.
A petri dish of Dictyostelium.
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.