Myxomycota

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Noun1.Myxomycota - 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
division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
class Myxomycetes, Myxomycetes - the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
Acrasiomycetes, class Acrasiomycetes - cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista
Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
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(Flora, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Glomeromycota, Myxomycota, Zygomycota, Bi, Bu, Hu, Lo, Na, S, So, SS, Vi, Z).
De los 233 taxa estudiados, 205 (88%) pertenecen a Basidiomycota, 22 (9.5%) a Ascomycota y 6 (2.5%) a Myxomycota. Esta proporcion es del orden de las de listados realizados en otras regiones de Jalisco (Guzman-Davalos y Guzman, 1979; Vazquez y Guzman-Davalos, 1988; Rodriguez et al., 1994; Herrera-Fonseca et al., 2002).
(1996), in their comprehensive account of known Svalbard fungi, list 389 species belonging to Myxomycota, Oomycota, Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Deuteromycota, and Basidiomycota.
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