First person to use this name on MO: Danny Newman
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Rank: Phylum
Status: Deprecated
Name: Mycetozoa
Author: Engl.
Citation: Engl., in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Teil. I (Leipzig) 2: 1 (1888)
Preferred Synonyms:Eumycetozoa L.S. Olive nom. inval.
Deprecated Synonyms: Mycetozoa de Bary ex Rostaf., Mycetozoa L.S. Olive, Mycetozoa Caval.-Sm.
Misspellings: Plasmodium, Slime mold
from IndexFungorum:
Editorial comment:
This name in not considered to apply to organisms within the fungal clade. As division; Name originated with Mycetozoen de Bary, Bot. Zeit. 16: 369 (357-365), 1858