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Noun: Myxomycota
  1. Slime moulds; 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
    - division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota

Type of: division

Part of: Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi

Encyclopedia: Myxomycota