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Single-celled slime molds usually start to aggregate when resources ... where it grows to a fruiting body with a stalk and spores in the head. Only the spores will survive to see the next habitat.

But what’s that white stuff on mulch? Yes, that odd, spongy mass of white spores is actually a slime mold. But a slime mold isn’t actually a fungus in the sense of the word as we understand it.

When the food runs out they use the same trick as mushrooms. They send lots of tiny spores into the air to make new slime moulds in other damp places. So, if you take a trip out to see the autumn ...