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n. - The class of true slime molds.

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  • The magnificent masses of living matter to be found in certain mushrooms known as "Myxomycetes" are capable, like the white corpuscles, of enveloping foreign bodies and...
  • Myxobacteriaceae suggests a relationship with the Myxomycetes.
  • = Myxamœba =, to denote that it is an amœba-like form produced by one of the = Myxomycetes =.
  • Myxomycetes Flickr set explores the non-linear dynamics of these gooey heterotrophs, revealing protean branching structures.
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