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Phycomycetes

Phycomycetes Meaning & Definition
Phycomycetes Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phycomycetes?

[n] a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems

Synonyms | Synonyms for Phycomycetes: Phycomycetes group

Related Terms | Find terms related to Phycomycetes:

See Also | Fungi | fungus kingdom | kingdom Fungi | taxon | taxonomic group

Phycomycetes In Webster's Dictionary

\Phy`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ? seaweed + mycetes.] (Bot.) A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms. -- {Phy`co*my*ce"tous}, a.

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