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7. Slime molds are fungus like protists, but they are not fungi. Why?

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Because they can move

Step-by-step explanation:

Fungi cannot make food themselves so they depend heavily on hosts. Also fungi lack the proper cilia to move, so they use spores instead to "move".

In the case of slime mold, they are like an animal fungus per se. They are like Protozoa in their amoeboid plasmodial stage and similar to true fungi in spore formation.

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