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division Gymnomycota

DEFINITIONS OF: division Gymnomycota

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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

Synonyms:
Gymnomycota, Myxomycota, division Myxomycota
Type of:
division
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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