slime mold
noun
: any of a group (such as Myxomycetes) of organisms formerly held to be lower fungi but now often considered protists that exist vegetatively in usually moist habitats as mobile plasmodia and reproduce by spores
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Branching also shows up in ant foraging patterns, slime molds and cities.
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Mitchell Newberry, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Ear-Pick Fungus by Barry Webb British photographer Barry Webb won this year’s fungi and slime molds category with his shot of a half-inch-tall ear-pick fungus (Auriscalpium vulgare) growing on a pine cone in southern England.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
What about ant colonies, the root systems of trees, and slime molds?
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Dec. 2024
Consider slime mold that could be mistaken for makeshift parabolic antenna.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Mitchell Newberry, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Ear-Pick Fungus by Barry Webb British photographer Barry Webb won this year’s fungi and slime molds category with his shot of a half-inch-tall ear-pick fungus (Auriscalpium vulgare) growing on a pine cone in southern England.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
What about ant colonies, the root systems of trees, and slime molds?
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Dec. 2024
Consider slime mold that could be mistaken for makeshift parabolic antenna.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for slime mold
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“Slime mold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slime%20mold. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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