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Amoebozoa and Slime Molds

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Amoebozoa is defined by pseudopodia extending as tubes or flat lobes from the cell surface, a criterion including single-celled amoebae and slime molds.

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A plasmodial slime mold moves as one multinucleate mass, then forms spore-producing fruiting bodies resembling fungi under stress.

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A slime mold's fungus-like fruiting body is convergent evolution — slime molds classify with amoebae, not with true fungi.