Slime Mold

One of the strangest specimens that exist in the natural world is slime mold, due to the many bizarre appearances it can take and even in its name. Slime mold is a type of decomposer, meaning it breaks down organic matter for it to be recycled into the environment for use by other plants in animals. It does this through the process of leaching, as you can see it's attached to the bark of the tree. In actuality, slime mold is an amalgamation of amoeba-like cells that collect together to form a visible mass in times when the environment becomes unfavorable, such as lack of food or changes in temperature. Slime molds exhibit fungi-like behavior as they have the ability to emit spores to reproduce. Despite that, because of their animal like behaviors due to their ability to move, almost like a slug, slime mold is not classified as fungi at all.

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