myxomycota (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Myxomycota*:
NOUN	plant	Myxomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota	slime molds

English > *Myxomycota*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.
Synonyms	division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota
Member of	Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom	The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools
Members	Acrasiomycetes, class Acrasiomycetes	cellular slime molds
Members	Myxomycetes, class Myxomycetes	The class of true slime molds
Broader	division	(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
Catalan	Myxomycota

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