genus dictostylium

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1. genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	dictostylium,
definition	:	any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	acrasiomycetes, class acrasiomycetes,
definition	:	cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista (noun.plant)