Acrasiomycetes

The confusion likely stems from comparing them to a different group of slime molds. 🔬 Acrasiomycetes vs. Myxomycetes

: They exist as individual, independent amoebas. When food runs out, they swarm together to build a multicellular fruiting body called a sorocarp. Even when tightly packed together to move or build this structure, they remain separate cells with their own individual cell walls or membranes. acrasiomycetes

: The individual amoebas move by abruptly extending lobe-like "false feet" to pull themselves forward. The confusion likely stems from comparing them to

: They live independently in soil or decaying plant matter eating bacteria. They only come together into a visible structure as a survival mechanism to cast off spores. independent amoebas. When food runs out