Slime molds

Slime molds

1. Acrasiomycota

   • cellular slime molds
   • feed phagocytically
   • divide by mitosis

2. Peronosporomycetes

   • water molds
   • "Egg fungi" - called oomycetes
     • Oomycota
       • sexual reproduction
       • Decomposers in aquatic ecosystems
   • diploid
   • no chitin in cell wall
   • plant disease include blue mold

3. Myxomycota

   • plasmodial slime molds
   • saprophytes
   • lack of cell wall
   • phagocytosized dead material