Cellular Slime Molds
For sexual reproduction, two cells of opposite mating types fuse to create a diploid cell. ... Haploid ameboid cells cease feeding and clump together to form a slug-like pseudoplasmodium. From this forms a stalked fruiting body.
What is a pseudoplasmodium composed of?
A pseudoplasmodium is a multicellular uninucleate structure of the Cellular slime molds composed of aggregated haploid amoebae.
What is required to get a cellular slime mold to form a pseudoplasmodium?
The dictyostelids are a group of cellular slime molds. When food is readily available, the dictyostelids take the form of individual amoebae, which feed and divide normally. When the food supply is exhausted, the dictyostelids aggregate together to form a multicellular assembly called a pseudoplasmodium.
