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* Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner)
* Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner)


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===Life cycle===
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===Cultivation===
*[[:File:Dictyostelium Growth.pdf]]
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Physarum polycephalum

Description

Is unicellular, multinucleated plasmodium "Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia)

Other descriptions

Life cycle

  • plasmodium
  • sclerotium
  • sporangia
  • motile stage

Cultivation

Gallery

Dictyostelium discoideum

Description

Are at the same time unicellular and multicellular, therefore called often as social amoebae

  • Dictyostelium exhibit a form of intelligence
  • When separated they will pull themselves back together
  • They also exhibit self-sacrifice
  • They will gather and form a stalk and then a fruiting body
  • Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner)

Life cycle

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dicty_Life_Cycle_H01.svg

Cultivation

Gallery

Video in a thumbnail box