myxomycota | (n) 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, Syn. Gymnomycota, division Myxomycota, division Gymnomycota |
Myxomycota | n. (Biol.) The slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes and Plasmodiophoromycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista. |