HyperDic: chytridiomycetes

English > 1 sense of the word Chytridiomycetes:
NOUNplantChytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetesa class of mostly aquatic fungi
English > Chytridiomycetes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants.
Synonymclass Chytridiomycetes
Member ofMastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotinafungi in which the spores and gametes are motile
MembersBlastocladiales, order Blastocladialesfungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination
Chytridiales, order Chytridialessimple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
CatalanQuitriodiomicet

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