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His PhD thesis confirmed his discovery of myxomycete mating types.—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2022
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Etymology
back-formation from the New Latin taxon Myxomycetes, designating slime molds, from myxo-myxo- + -mycetes, borrowed from Greek mýkētes, plural of mýkēs "mushroom, fungus" — more at myc-
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