Slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.

synonyms: division Gymnomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota.

Polish: śluzorośla, śluzowce