Stats

Lifespan: A few weeks
Size: Large
Diet: Decomposer
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Spores
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

This slime mould lives on damp grass and decaying plant matter in forests. It moves by pulsing its entire body to engulf bacteria and organic particles as food.

Life cycle

1.
juvenile
A clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
2.
adult
Fully grown.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Protozoa
Phylum: Mycetozoa
Class: Myxomycetes
Order: Physarales
Family: Didymiaceae
Genus: Didymium
Species: Didymium spongiosum