NEET 2006 Biology question

The thalloid body of a slime mould (Myxomycetes) is known as-

(1)Protonema
(2)PlasmodiumCorrect
(3)Fruiting body
(4)Mycelium

Answer: (2)

Solution

Under favourable conditions the vegetative body of a slime mould is a naked, multinucleate, creeping mass of protoplasm without cell walls, called the plasmodium; it engulfs organic matter (a saprophytic protist). So

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