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Eumycota

[ yoo-mahy-koh-tuh ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. a phylum of true fungi, distinguished from the funguslike slime molds, Myxomycota, and similar organisms by having a mycelial thallus: in some classification systems, the class Eumycetes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Eumycota1

From New Latin; eu-, myco-, -ota

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