Slime moulds are not in the fungi branch of life? Does that mean they’re more closely related to … um don’t know the right words … vegetables?
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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Slime molds aren’t fungi, sadly. OP will now be launched into the sun for their crime
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 3 days ago
bryophile@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
No they are neither fungi, plant or animal. They are single celled organisms so more closely related to amoeba or algae.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Protists, they are protists. And algae is firmly in the plant branch.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Huh ok, fascinating. Sounds like a YouTube rabbit hole for me to get my head stuck in!
Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 days ago
Kind of amazing that something of this size and complexity is still a single celled organism.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2 days ago
yeah, these slime moulds really push the envelope. hope youtube links aren’t against the rules here, the slime mould in this one do some really crazy stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlANF-v9lb0
they will sometimes clump together and move around very much like a slug
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
not fungi or plants or animals, but a secret fourth thing
it’s a fair cop