Slime mold plasmodia creep about over the surfaces of materials, engulfing bacteria, spores of fungi and plants.

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Slime mold plasmodia creep about over the surfaces of materials, engulfing bacteria, spores of fungi and plants, protozoa, and particles of nonliving organic matter. At some point, plasmodia convert into spore-bearing structures. In Stemonitis, the plasmodium converts into a clustered mass of stalked sporangia.

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