Myxomycota is a phylum of the Kingdom Amoebozoa related to protists. The name comes from the Greek Myxo, meaning "slime", and mycota, meaning fungus. They are also known as the plasmodial or acellular slime molds. Some would also consider myxomycota as a kingdom unto itself, with an unsettled phylogeny because of conflicting molecular and developmental data. Life Cycle When a Myxomycota spore germinates, it cracks, releasing an amoeba-like cell called a myxamoeba. The myxamoeba moves like an… (More on Myxomycota)