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Figure 18 – Algae like these are plant-like
protists.
Fungus-Like Protists
Like fungi, the fungus-like protists
are heterotrophs with cell walls
that produce by creating spores.
Most of these types of protists
cannot moves. For many years,
scientists believed that slime molds
were fungi; however they now see
that there are enough differences
between this organism and true
fungi to classify it as a fungus-like
protist.
Figure 19 – This slime mold, sometimes
called vomit slime mold, is a fungus-like
protist.
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