Definitions

1. noun

A type of fungus, especially a plasmodial organism belonging to the phylum Myxomycota.

“The biologist studied the unique characteristics of the mycetozoon in the forest.”

2. noun

In older classifications, a type of fungus that was thought to be a separate group of organisms, now recognized as part of the phylum Myxomycota.

“The 19th-century mycologist classified the mycetozoon as a distinct phylum.”