slime mold

• ⇰ An unusual fungus-like protist of the phylum <phylum>Myxomycota</phylum> or the class <class>Myxomycetes</class>, having a stage of growth in which it comprises a naked noncellular multinucleate mass of creeping protoplasm having characteristics of both p
• ⇰ Any of several remarkable amoebalike organisms of the phylum <phylum>Acrasiomycota</phylum>, mostly terrestrial, having a fruiting phase resembling that of the <cref>acellular slime molds</cref>, but being cellular and nucleate throughout their life cycle