Mastigomycotina
Encyclopedia
Mastigomycotina is a former taxonomic
grouping, a subdivision, of fungi that contained the classes Chytridiomycetes
, Hyphochytridiomycetes, and Oomycetes.
GENERAL FEATURES OF MASTIGOMYCOTINA
Taxonomy
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grouping, a subdivision, of fungi that contained the classes Chytridiomycetes
Chytridiomycetes
Chytridiomycetes is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are primitive fungi, closely related to the true fungi, and are first known from the Rhynie chert. It has recently been redefined to exclude the taxa Neocallimastigomycota and...
, Hyphochytridiomycetes, and Oomycetes.
GENERAL FEATURES OF MASTIGOMYCOTINA
- They produce Flagellated cells during their lifetime.
- May bear rhizoids.
- Mostly, filamentous and having coenocytic mycelium.
- Show centric nuclear division.
- Perfect state of spores is typically oospores.