Question

Slime moulds are similar to fungi in all regards except one

• A. They are heterotrophic.
• B. Their swimming cells are either flagellated or amoeboid.
• C. Their cell wall have cellulose and chitin.
• D. They store glycogen.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Their cell wall have cellulose and chitin.

Slime molds were once considered fungi, but unlike fungi, they can move, and their cell membranes are made of different stuff. The dictyostelids are another group formerly classified among the fungi. They are slime molds that feed as unicellular amoebae, but aggregate into a reproductive stalk and sporangium under certain conditions. Cells of the reproductive stalk, as well as the spores formed at the apex, possess a cellulose cell wall.The spore wall has been shown to possess three layers, the middle of which is composed primarily of cellulose, and the innermost is sensitive to cellulase and pronase.