- They are brightly colored, large, and branching. They are common anywhere there is moist, decaying organic matter.
- They are unicellular.
- They contain thousands of nuclei.
- They are fungi-like.
- They reproduce sexually.
- They live in moist habitats on land, like decaying wood or fresh cow dung, leaves or other organic matter retaining significant moisture.
- They ingest bacteria, fungal spores, and maybe other smaller protozoa.
- They pose no threat to plants or animals when they grow on moist parts of lands.
- They are parasitic.
- They are heterophobic.
- They are colonial.
- They have symbiotic relationships between an algae and a fungus.