- Myxomycetes: Classification, Dangers and Treatment | Mold Busters
Myxomycetes, or slime molds, are a group of free-living amoeboid and sessile primitive organisms with complicated life cycles Despite not belonging to the kingdom of fungi, they were historically regarded as molds, due to the similarities in appearance and lifestyle
- Myxomycetes | Slime Molds, Fungus-Like Protists | Britannica
Myxomycetes, phylum of funguslike organisms within the kingdom Protista, commonly known as true slime molds They exhibit characteristics of both protozoans (one-celled microorganisms) and fungi
- Myxogastria - Wikipedia
These are known as corticolous myxomycetes Most species are very small Myxomycota, now considered a synonym of Myxogastria, comes from the Ancient Greek words μύξα myxa, which means "mucus", and μύκης mykes, which means "fungus"
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden | The mysteries of Myxomycetes: Six . . .
Myxomycetes have confused scientists for hundreds of years On the one hand, they produce stalks that resemble mushrooms and distribute spores That would make them fungi On the other hand, they ingest their food to eat (something fungi can’t do) and they move
- Species descriptions in myxomycetes – can we settle on rules for good . . .
Myxomycetes are a unique branch of life, recognisable by sporophores showing a fungus-like dispersal biology These structures bear nearly all diagnostic characters for species identification and develop by rapid transformation of plasmodia
- Myxomycetes - Myxotropic
The Myxomycetes, or slime moulds, also known as Mycetozoa or Myxogastria, are a group of ameboid protists, considered for many years as a special group of fungi They are microscopic, phagotrophic, non-pathogenic bacterivores, which help to decompose plant remains
- Myxomycetes - Eurofins USA
The myxomycetes have an interesting life cycle which includes a wet spore phase and a dry spore phase When conditions are favorable, they move about like amoebae, resembling primitive animals
- The myxomycetes: introduction, basic biology, life cycles, genetics . . .
The world monograph, The Myxomycetes, by Martin and Alexopoulos (1969) was published more than 50 years ago and is still considered by many to be the most authoritative text on the taxonomy of the myxomycetes
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