How do slime mold grow?

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After reading about slime mold and seeing this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75k8sqh5tfQ&t=1s&ab_channel=TED) I was wondering, how do slime mold grow? Do they simply **expand** outwards or is it that they **multiply**?

e.g. if I put 100 grams of slime mold in 1 location, will it **expand** to say, 2 locations, and have the 1st location with 80 grams left, and 2nd location with 20 grams (i.e total 100 grams), or is it that they **multiply;** 1st location still 100 grams, and 2nd location with 20 grams?

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They multiply, and die off where no food is left for them. They are a colony of single-cell organisms that cooperate to a degree