NOUN | plant | class Chytridiomycetes, 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 | 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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