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Also known as zygote fungi

Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now part of two phyla: the Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota. Approximately 1060 species are known. They are mostly terrestrial in habitat, living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material. Some are parasites of plants, insects, and small animals, while others form symbiotic relationships with plants. Zygomycete hyphae may be coenocytic, forming septa only where gametes are formed or to wall off dead hyphae. Zygomycota is no longer recognised as it was not believed to be truly monophyletic.

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Zygomycota is a phylum within the kingdom Fungi. The taxon was named by F. Moreau in 1954 and holds an accepted status. It is commonly referred to as bread molds. The phylum includes organisms found in marine and freshwater habitats.

Records of Zygomycota have been documented in Guatemala, Canada, the United States, Australia, and Sweden. These records are held by institutions including MICH, MEL, UPS, KANU, and TROM. The subject is referenced by 487 other encyclopedia articles.

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Species

bread molds

Zygomycota

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumZygomycota
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations recorded12,068

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
14
With media
6
Collections
MICH, MEL, UPS, KANU, TROM
Recorded in
Guatemala, Canada, United States, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Madagascar, Costa Rica

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Spores
  • Mitospores
  • Chlamydospores
  • Zygophores
  • Cell wall
  • Trisporic acid
  • History
  • Functions of trisporic acid in Mucorales
  • Parasexualism
  • Phototropism
  • Activation of beta-carotene biosynthesis by light
  • Influence of light in sporulation and sexual development
  • Gravitropism
  • Protein crystals involved in graviperception
  • Lipid droplets involved in graviperception
  • Phylogeny
  • Industrial uses
  • Culture conditions
  • Culture media
  • Reproduction
  • Evolution of conidia
  • References
  • External links

Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now part of two phyla: the Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota. Approximately 1060 species are known. They are mostly terrestrial in habitat, living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material. Some are parasites of plants, insects, and small animals, while others form symbiotic relationships with plants. Zygomycete hyphae may be coenocytic, forming septa only where gametes are formed or to wall off dead hyphae. Zygomycota is no longer recognised as it was not believed to be truly monophyletic.

==Etymology== thumb|left|An immature zygosporangium of the Rhizopus fungus forming from two fused gametangia, showing a "yoke" shape. The name Zygomycota refers to the zygosporangia characteristically formed by the members of this clade, in which resistant spherical spores are formed during sexual reproduction. Zygos is Greek for "joining" or "a yoke", referring to the fusion of two hyphal strands which produces these spores, and -mycota is a suffix referring to a division of fungi.

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