Stemonitis axifera is a species of slime mold. Stemonitis fusca is a species of slime mold. More than 900 species of slime mold occur globally. Disintegrin-like proteins are found in various species ranging from slime mold to humans. Sphindus is a genus of cryptic slime mold beetles in the family Sphindidae. The slime mold grows on decaying wood. This was the first report of any bird consuming slime mold in the field. A Dream Creature whose body resembles a red slime mold. "Dictyostelium discoideum" is another species of slime mold that has many different sexes. Resembles a purple slime mold shaped like a hedgehog or porcupine. The Hymenogastrales and "Enteridium lycoperdon", a slime mold, are the "false puffballs". A multicellular form, "Guttulinopsis vulgaris", a cellular slime mold, has also been described. Scientists are trying to model the slime mold using a number of simple, distributed rules. Each sexually mature slime mold contains two copies of each of the three sex genes. Metacaspases are found in plants, fungi, and "protists", but not in slime mold or animals.