Myxomycota

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Myxomycota \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.


  
     Syn: division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {division Myxomycota}, {Gymnomycota},
            {division Gymnomycota}]