The fungus-like protists are the slime molds and water molds. They are mostly single-celled organisms that live in the moist soil of forest floors and compost piles. These heterotrophs absorb nutrients from decaying organic matter and move in the same fashion as amoebas by extending and pulling with pseudopodia.
Elmhurst Weather Forecast for Tuesday, August 29. The Elmhurst, IL forecast for Aug 29 is 78 degrees and Sunny . There is 61 percentage chance of rain and 5 mph winds from the Southeast.
Elmhurst is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois. The population is 46,013 as of the 2008 US Census population estimate. Members of the Potawatomi Indian tribe, who settled along Salt Creek just south of where the city would develop, are the earliest known settlers of the Elmhurst area. Around 1836, European immigrants settled on tracts of land along the same creek.