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This lifeform is found in wooded areas. This lifeform is widespread, but not common.

This lifeform is widespread in North America.

Slime Molds (Myxophyta) can be broken up into three major groups: Myxomyceteae, Acrasieae, Labyrinthuleae. Myxomyceteae group can be likened to a colony of Amoeba-like animals living together. Generally, there are no cell walls between the different Amoebas, so the organisms appear in many respects like a single giant Amoeba with many nuclei. Acrasieae are similar to the Myxomyceteae, but the individual cells retain their identity, and they do not share a common protoplasm. Labyrinthuleae are a group of multi-cellular slime molds without fruiting bodies.