Eumycetozoa

This article is about a specific clade of slime molds. For the similar group including some unrelated slime molds, see Mycetozoa.

Eumycetozoa
Fuligo septica, a myxogastrid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Conosa
Infraphylum: Eumycetozoa
Zopf 1884 ex L.S.Olive 1975 sensu Kang et al. 2017[a]
Clades[4]
Synonyms
  • Macromycetozoa Fiore-Donno et al. 2010
  • Mycetozoa de Bary, 1859 ex Rostafinski, 1873[5] (Mycetozoa sensu stricto)[6]

Eumycetozoa (from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) 'true' μύκης (múkēs) 'fungus' and ζῷον (zôion) 'animal'), or true slime molds,[7] is a diverse group of protists that behave as slime molds and develop fruiting bodies, either as sorocarps or as sporocarps. It is a monophyletic group or clade within the phylum Amoebozoa that contains the myxogastrids, dictyostelids and protosporangiids.

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