noun
true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
• Syn: ↑division Eumycota
• Hypernyms: ↑division
• Member Holonyms: ↑Fungi, ↑kingdom Fungi, ↑fungus kingdom
• Member Meronyms:
↑Zygomycota, ↑subdivision Zygomycota, ↑Zygomycotina, ↑subdivision Zygomycotina, ↑Mastigomycota, ↑subdivision Mastigomycota, ↑Mastigomycotina, ↑subdivision Mastigomycotina, ↑Eumycetes, ↑class Eumycetes, ↑true fungus, ↑Deuteromycota, ↑subdivision Deuteromycota, ↑Deuteromycotina, ↑Fungi imperfecti, ↑subdivision Deuteromycotina, ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina, ↑Ascomycota, ↑subdivision Ascomycota, ↑Ascomycotina, ↑subdivision Ascomycotina
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/yooh'muy koh"teuh/, n. Biol.
a phylum of true fungi, distinguished from the funguslike slime molds, Myxomycota, and similar organisms by having a mycelial thallus: in some classification systems, the class Eumycetes.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.