The below mentioned article provides biology notes on lower fungi. They have comparatively a simple thallus which in some is unicellular and in others filamentous (mycelium). The septa usually remain suppressed in the actively growing vegetative mycelium. They reproduce asexually by sporangiospores (generally motile, rarely non-motile), rarely by conidia. The early mycologists placed the lower fungi in a single class [...]
In this article we will discuss about the life cycle of slime mold with the help of a suitable diagram. The life cycle of an endogenous slime mold such as Physarum starts with the germination of a meiospore under favourable conditions. One to four uninucleate haploid biflagellate swarm cells or myxamoebae are released through a slit or pore; the former [...]
The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between myxomy and phycomycetes. Difference # Myxomycetes (Slime Molds): 1. The somatic phase is a multinucleate, diploid holocarpic Plasmodium which is the product of syngamy. 2. The Plasmodium is free living and capable of engulfing particulate matter and of executing movements over the substratum. It has the capacity for Plasmodium coalescence [...]