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1. “Unidentified Growing Object”. 7. Garland Texas, 1973. THE CULPRIT?. Scrambled Egg Slime Mold. Dog Vomit Slime Mold. Fuligo septica. 13. C J Alexopoulos:. True Slime Molds: First Described (1654). Lycogala epidendrum. 5. Are Slime Molds Fungi?. Anton De Bary: “Acrasia” (1887):
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“Unidentified Growing Object” 7 Garland Texas, 1973
THE CULPRIT? Scrambled Egg Slime Mold Dog Vomit Slime Mold Fuligo septica 13 C J Alexopoulos:
True Slime Molds: First Described (1654) Lycogala epidendrum 5
Are Slime Molds Fungi? Anton De Bary: “Acrasia” (1887): Mycetozoa (Slime Molds) and Fungi (NO) 2 True Slime Molds “Myxomycetes” Cellular Slime Molds vs. 3
Are Slime Molds “Fungi”? Editions 1, 2 3: YES Edition 4: NO
True Slime Mold Micro Habitats 11 12 9 13
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) 16 18 Plasmodium (Physarum)
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Macrocyst 21 Macrocyst Sclerotium
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Plasmodium Sclerotium
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) 17 Sporangium (Physarum) Aethalium (Lycogala) 19 SPOROPHORES
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) 20 Spores (Physarum)
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Myxamoebae Swarm Cells 23 22
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Swarm Cells Myxamoebae 25 Plasmagamy and Zygote Formation
True Slime Molds = Cellular Slime Molds (Myxomycetes) Young Plasmodium Development
Life Cycle of a True Slime Mold (Myxomycete) Fig. 29-5 in Alexopoulos et al. 1995
Cellular Slime Molds 26 Dictylostelium
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS IN NATURE 27 28 29 30
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS Microcyst Nutrition, Growth, and Dormancy (Dictyostelium)
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS cAMP 27 27 Starvation and Aggregation (Dictyostelium)
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 32 31 Pseudoplasmodium = Slug Stage = Grex Stage (Dictyostelium)
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 33 34 Sorocarp Formation (Dictyostelium)
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 34 35 Spore Formation and Dispersal
CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 35 Spore Germination and Myxamoeba (Dictyostelium)
Cellular Slime Molds 35 Anamorph (Dictyostelium)
Cellular Slime Molds Fusion of Myxamoebae; Macrocyst Formation (Dictyostelium) Fig. 27-2, Fig. 27-4 in Alexopoulos et al.1995
Cellular Slime Molds Holomorph (Dictyostelium)
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