Zygomycota

Zygomycota
Sporangium of a Phycomyces sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zygomycota
C. Moreau 1954 (informal)
Class: Zygomycetes
Winter 1881
Orders

Mucoromycotina:

Kickxellomycotina:

Entomophthoromycotina:

Zoopagomycotina:

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.[1] Approximately 1060 species are known.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Spatafora, Joseph W.; Chang, Ying; Benny, Gerald L.; Lazarus, Katy; Smith, Matthew E.; Berbee, Mary L.; Bonito, Gregory; Corradi, Nicolas; Grigoriev, Igor; Gryganskyi, Andrii; James, Timothy Y.; O’Donnell, Kerry; Roberson, Robert W.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Uehling, Jessie; Vilgalys, Rytas; White, Merlin M.; Stajich, Jason E. (2016). "A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data". Mycologia. 108 (5): 1028–1046. doi:10.3852/16-042. ISSN 0027-5514. PMC 6078412. PMID 27738200.
  2. ^ Krogh, David (2010). Biology: A Guide to the Natural World. Benjamin Cummings. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-321-61655-5.
  3. ^ Raven, P.H.; Evert, R.F.; Eichhorn, S.E. (2005). "Fungi". Biology of plants (7th ed.). W.H. Freeman. pp. 268–9. ISBN 978-0716762843.