myxomycete

[mik-soh-mahy-seet, -mahy-seet]

noun

an organism of the phylum Myxomycota (or, in some classifications, the class Myxomycetes), comprising the slime molds.

Origin of myxomycete

1875–80; < New Latin Myxomycetes; see myxo-, -mycete

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for myxomycete

Historical Examples of myxomycete

No myxomycete has hyph, nor indeed anything at all of the kind.
The North American Slime-Moulds
Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
This peculiar species looks at first very little like a myxomycete.
The North American Slime-Moulds
Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
He does not regard them as genuine asci, but as corresponding more to the peridium of the Gasteromycete and Myxomycete.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous
Thomas Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for myxomycete

myxomycete

noun

a slime mould, esp a slime mould of the phylum Myxomycota (division Myxomycetes in traditional classifications)

Derived Formsmyxomycetous, adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

myxomycete in Science

myxomycete

[mĭk′sō-mī′sēt]

A plasmodial slime mold. See under slime mold.