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| a·cra·si·o·my·cete [ ə kràyssee ō m st, ə kràyssee ō mī st ] (plural a·cra·si·o·my·cetes) |
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organism forming slimy mass: an organism, found in soil or on rotting logs, consisting of individual amoebas that form a slimy mass and produce fruiting bodies and spores. Class Acrasiomycetes.
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| [Mid-20th century. < modern Latin Acrasiales, order of cellular slime molds + -mycete] |
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