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Slime molds move, and lack chitin in their cell walls. They are now classified as belonging to the Kingdom Protista (Protoctista). Mycologists have studied them for so long that slime molds are still included in mycology textbooks.
This month's fungus is Fuligo septica, the dog vomit slime mold. Please click TomVolkFungi.net for the rest of my pages on fungi. This month's fungus is really not a fungus at all, but the dog vomit slime mold, Fuligo septica, which belongs in the phylum Myxomycota in the Kingdom Protista.