sorocarp

Japanese: sorocarp
sorocarp

…Amoebae multiply by division, and under suitable conditions many amoebae gather together and form a pseudoplasmodium without fusing. The whole group acts as if it were a single body, and looks like a multicellular organism. Eventually, the pseudoplasmodium forms a fruiting body called a sorocarp. The stalk of the fruiting body is cellular or noncellular, and at the tip of the stalk each amoebae produces a membrane-covered spore mass. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sorocarp" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメーバは分裂して増え,条件が適すると多数のアメーバが集合し,融合することなく偽変形体pseudoplasmodiumとなり,全体があたかも一つの体のように行動し,多細胞生物のように見える。やがて,その偽変形体にソロカープsorocarpという子実体が形成される。子実体の柄は細胞性あるいは非細胞性で,その先端に個々のアメーバが膜をかぶった胞子塊ができる。…

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