( ( These spores ) ( ( are ( ( the way ) ( that ( ( this ( slime mold ) ) reproduces ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT These) (NNS spores)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN way)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT this) (NN slime) (NN mold)) (VP (VBZ reproduces)))))) (. .)))
These spores are the way that this slime mold reproduces.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Fungus-like) (NNS protists)) (PP (JJ such) (IN as) (NP (NN slime) (NNS molds)))) (VP (VB reproduce) (PP (IN with) (NP (NNS spores)))) (. .)))