Myxomycete Definition

miksōmīsēt, miksōmīsēt
noun

Any of various primitive organisms, usually classified as a thallophyte (division Myxomycota) but also as a mycetozoan, that are found on decaying vegetation, having a vegetative stage in which they move as a protozoan and a dry reproductive stage in which they form spores like a mold; slime mold.

Webster's New World

(biology) Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • plasmodial slime mold
  • acellular slime mold
  • true slime mold

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Singular:
myxomycete
Plural:
myxomycetes

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