mixomiceto.
(Of the Gr. µ?)(a, mucus, and µ?, -? t?, fungus).
1. adj. Bot. It is said of the microscopic organisms like mold, heterotrophic nutrition and reproduction by spores, which abound in the leaf litter of forest and other organic substrates; e.g., fuligo tanneries.
2. m. pl. Bot. Group to which these agencies belong.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
