Eumycota [yoo-mahy-koh-tuh] Word Origin noun Biology.
- a phylum of true fungi, distinguished from the funguslike slime molds, Myxomycota, and similar organisms by having a mycelial thallus: in some classification systems, the class Eumycetes.
Origin of Eumycota From New Latin; see origin at eu-, myco-, -ota