SLIME MOLDS
A plasmodium of a slime mold in the electron microscope. N – three nuclei of a great amount of them in one giant cell. The plasma membrane is labelled by arrowheads. Scale = 1 µm.
A branched plasmodium of a slime mold.
The slime mold Fuligo and its transformation in time.
The slime mold Leocarpus fragilis as it transformed during hours since its collection till the formation of sporangia from a membranous hypothallus. The sporangium (down) contains brown-violet spores (elarged in inset) and whitish elaters. Photomicrograph, prim. mag. 400 .
The slime mold Stemonitis fusca – a transformation during first hours after its collection.
