Myxomycetes — noun the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota • Syn: ↑class Myxomycetes • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Myxomycota, ↑division Myxomycota, ↑Gymnomycota, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Myxomycetes — Myx o*my*ce tes, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ? mucus, slime + myceles.] (Bot.) A class of peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerly regarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to be plants and often separated as a distinct phylum… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Myxomycetes — A class of fungi containing the slime molds, which occur on rotting vegetation but are not pathogenic for humans. [myxo + G. mykes, fungus] * * * Myxo·my·ce·tes mī sēt ēz n pl a class of organisms of uncertain systematic position that include the … Medical dictionary
Fuligo septica — Scientific classification Kingdom: Amoebozoa Phylum … Wikipedia
slime mold — noun a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists • Syn: ↑slime mould • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Hyponyms: ↑true slime mold, ↑acellular slime mold, ↑plasmodi … Useful english dictionary
slime mold — 1. any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting… … Universalium
acellular slime mold — noun a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes • Syn: ↑true slime mold, ↑plasmodial slime mold, ↑myxomycete • Hypernyms: ↑slime mold, ↑slime mould • Member Holonyms: ↑Myxomyc … Useful english dictionary
division Gymnomycota — 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 • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
division Myxomycota — 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 • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
Gymnomycota — 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 • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary