What is Slime mould?
[[File:Slime mold grows on anything 001.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Slime mould]] [[File:Slime.mold.jpg|thumb|alt=Slime mold|Slime mould growing out of a bin of wet paper]] [[File:Slime_mold_stemonitis_fusca.jpg|thumb|right|Slime mould ''Stemonitis fusca'' in [[Scotland]].]] [[File:Slime mould eating bracket fungi 1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Slime mould eating bracket [[fungus]]]] [[File:2012-03-19 Comatricha nigra (Pers.) J. Schröt 277695.jpg|thumb|right|220px|This is the fruiting body of ''[[Comatricha]] nigra''. It is not a [[fungus]], but an [[Amoebozoa]]n slime mould]] [[File:Schleimpilz Urwald Sababurg.jpg|thumb|Slime mould ''Trichia varia'']] '''Slime moulds''', or slime molds, are forms of life which live on the [[rainforest]] floor, and many other parts of the world. They slither over ground and fallen tree trunks in search of food. They scatter [[spore]]s, like [[plant]]s, which grow into new slime moulds. They are a way of life, or [[life-form]], which has evolved a number of times. Because they are not a [[monophyletic]] group, they are put into several different [[phyla]]. They have some features of [[fungi]] and some features of [[protozoa]].<ref>{{cite book |url= |title=Jungle Animals: over 100 questions and answers to things you want to know |last=Ganeri |first=Anita |year=2000 |publisher= |location=Dubai, U.A.E |isbn=0-75254-909-X }}</ref> This was discussed by [[Anton de Bary]] in 1858.<ref> deBary, Anton 1858. Ueber die Myxomyceten. ''Botanische Zeitung'', '''16''', 357–358, 361–364, 365–369.</ref> They spend part of their lives as isolated cells, but come together when a [[signal transduction|chemical signal]] is released. Then together, they form a [[multicellular]] organism which reproduces and makes [[spore]]s. So they are both single-celled and multicellular. That is not all: the multicellular form loses its [[cell wall]]s, and becomes a [[syncytium]]. This is an organism with many nuclei, but few or no cell walls. The single cells are amoeboid ([[amoeba]]-like) and [[haploid]] (one set of [[