Question

Who is also referred to as fungus animals?

Answer 1

Fungus animals:

Since slime moulds exhibit the characters of both fungi and animals, they are also commonly referred to as fungus animals.

1. They do not have chlorophyll.
2. They are surrounded by plasma membrane only. However, the spores have the cellulose cell walls.
3. They live usually amongst decaying vegetation.
4. They exhibit wide range of colouration.
5. They have phagotrophic or saprotrophic nutrition.