slime mould

noun

any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Examples from the Web for slime mould

Historical Examples of slime mould

In the slime-mould the assumption of walls is indeed delayed.
The North American Slime-Moulds
Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
The cellulose of the slime-mould looks toward the world of plants.
The North American Slime-Moulds
Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Nothing can be more interesting than to watch the slime-mould as its plasmodium accomplishes this its last migration.
The North American Slime-Moulds
Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
In such a position the slime-mould covers, as with a sheath, the entire substratum.
The North American Slime-Moulds
Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride