Question 21

(Multiple Choice)

Physarum polycephalum is a type of plasmodial slime mold that can be seen as a yellow mass growing on decaying wood. This organism produces


A) a fruiting body in which individual cells remain unicellular.
B) no fruiting bodies and no spore formations.
C) a giant multinucleated cell that produces fruiting bodies.
D) fruiting bodies within a calcified shell structure.
E) no fruiting bodies and spores that move using pseudopodia.

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