phycomycetes
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Zygomycetes
[zi´´-go-mi-se´-tēz]a class of saprobic and parasitic fungi of the phylum Zygomycota; important pathogenic organisms are in the orders Entomophthorales and Mucorales.
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Zy·go·my·ce·tes
(zī'gō-mī-sē'tēz),A class of fungi characterized by sexual reproduction resulting in the formation of a zygospore, and asexual reproduction by means of nonmotile spores called sporangiospores or conidia.
Synonym(s): Phycomycetes
[zygo- + G. mykēs (mykēt-), fungus]
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phycomycetes
An obsolete group of fungi with nonseptate hyphae, reclassified as Zygomycota.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.