Slime mold takes many forms.
Slime mold is a primitive organism that has properties of both an amoeba and a fungus.
The slime mold produces spores that are capable of amoeba-like movement. The motile spores feed on fungi, bacteria, other micro-organisms, and decaying organic mater. The slime mold spores consume food by simply engulfing particles as they move. The single cell spores multiply by division. The spores pair off and become a shapeless slimy mass, that may flow to the soil surface.