Q. Slimy mass of protoplasm with many nuclei and an $Amoeba -$like thalloid body is a characteristic feature of

A) Ascomycetes
B) Actinomycetes
C) Phycomycetes
D) Myxomycetes
Explanation

The members of fungal class-Myxomycetes are called slime moulds. In the vegetative phase of their cycle, these are devoid of cell wall and are either a free living, multinucleate, amoeboid, slimy mass of protoplasm ($ie$, Plasmodium) or an aggregation of $Amoeba$ (Pseudoplasmodium).

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