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Definition of Myxomycete
1. Noun. A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes.
Generic synonyms: Slime Mold, Slime Mould
Group relationships: Class Myxomycetes, Myxomycetes
Definition of Myxomycete
1. Noun. (biology) Any protozoan of the phylum ''Myxomycota''; the slime molds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Myxomycete
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxomycete
Literary usage of Myxomycete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1900)
"PORTION or A PLASMODIUM OF A myxomycete. x 300. (After De Bary.) known as a
pseudopodium, and by means of these pseudo- podia they can creep slowly over the ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"As soon as the myxomycete made its appearance and had travelled a short distance,
... Now that the myxomycete has gone several times round the jar, ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"myxomycete forms represented by plasmodia with radiating processes, pigments,
calcareous corpuscles, and Mycetozoa." The myxomycete forms which produce ..."
4. Fossil Plants: A Text-book for Students of Botany and Geology by Albert Charles Seward (1898)
"Messrs Cash and Hick* in a paper on fossil fungi from the Coal-Measures refer to
sonic small spherical bodies as possibly the spores of a myxomycete. ..."
5. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth by Edward John Russell (1915)
"The commonest are the eel-worms, the myxomycete Plas- ... In some soils, especially
those short of lime, another pest is common : the myxomycete Plas- ..."
6. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"... in several families, notably Epistylis ; myxomycete found in salt water,
myxomycete found in fresh water ; Stentor ..."
7. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"We see, then, that the life-history of a myxomycete is divided into ... is a
parasitic myxomycete which attacks the roots of e Cabbage, causing the disease ..."
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