chytridiomycetes

Noun
  1. A class of mostly aquatic fungi;
    Saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants (synset 112998325)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    member holonym:
    • chytridiales, order chytridiales - simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
    • blastocladiales, order blastocladiales - fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
    belongs to: mastigomycota, mastigomycotina, subdivision mastigomycota, subdivision mastigomycotina - fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota
    same as: class chytridiomycetes

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