Question

Which of the following combinations of characters is true for slime moulds?

• A. Parasitic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents
• B. Saprophytic, plasmodium with walls, spores dispersed by water
• C. Parasitic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water
• D. Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents

Answer 1

The correct option is D Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents

The individuals from contagious class-Myxomycetes are generally called genuine sludge molds. These are saprophytic and their vegetative stage is spoken to by a free-living unpredictably formed mass of cellular material without dividers and having a few diploid cores implanted in it. It is called Plasmodium. Amid propagation, sludge molds create haploid spores, which are scattered via air flows, rain, and vermin.

So, the correct option is 'Saprophytic, Plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents'.