A Brief History of Mm-Molds

The fruiting bodies of mixo myseats, the scientific name for slime molds. Mm-mold is a common name which is an attempt to describe organisms that defy simple categorization. For a while it was thought they were fungi, so they were once classed as such,. hence my cito meaning fungus, but they are not fungi at all and they live much of their lives like an animal. In this creeping stage, slime mold plasmodium is often bright yellow, though it can be orange, red, or hyaline. It can spread for a few inches or several square meters.