myxophycean, a.
(mɪksəʊˈfaɪsiːən)
[f. mod.L. name of class Myxophyceæ, f. myxo- + Gr. ϕῦκ-ος seaweed + -eæ suffix designating the class (cf. -aceæ).]
Belonging or pertaining to the Myxophyceæ or Cyanophyceæ, a class of unicellular or filamentous blue-green algae.
| 1939 G. W. Prescott in F. R. Moulton Probl. Lake Biol. 74/1 The greatest pests [in water blooms] are Myxophycean species. 1957 New Biol. XXIII. 96 In many respects there is a great similarity between this Myxophycean poison [of Microcystis aeruginosa] and that of the Death Cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 214 This internal environment affects the proportion of the Myxophycean endophytes [of Codium bursa]. |