Zygomycota [audio pronunciation]

General features of the Fungi

Common name

Bread molds

Synonyms

Phycomycota (also applied incorrectly in old references to the Oomycota)

Habitat

Terrestrial or within host organism

Growth habit

Multicellular mycelium of aseptate hyphae, or unicellular

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

None

Clonal reproduction

Aplanospores

Sexual reproduction

Haploid-dominant, isogamous

Representative genera

Phycomyces, Rhizopus

Recognized by

Zygospores; clonal spores inside sporangia

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