Chytridiomycota [audio pronunciation]

General features of the Fungi

Common name

Chytrids

Synonyms

None

Habitat

Freshwater or within host organism (which may be a terrestrial plant)

Growth habit

Unicellular or multicellular mycelium of aseptate hyphae

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Whiplash, often two

Clonal reproduction

Zoospores

Sexual reproduction

Haploid-dominant, isomorphic alternation of generations - isogamous or anisogamous

Representative genera

Allomyces, Synchytrium

Recognized by

Flagellated cells, chitin cell walls

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