| NOUN | plant | Chytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetes | a class of mostly aquatic fungi |
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| Meaning | A class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants. | |
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| Synonym | class Chytridiomycetes | |
| Member of | Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotina | fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile |
| Members | Blastocladiales, order Blastocladiales | fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination |
| Chytridiales, order Chytridiales | simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi | |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Catalan | Quitriodiomicet | |
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