division Myxomycota

Definitions of division Myxomycota
  1. noun
    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: Gymnomycota, Myxomycota, division Gymnomycota
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    (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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