Meaning | fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota. |
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Synonyms | subdivision Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotina |
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Member of | Eumycota, division Eumycota | true fungi |
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Members | Chytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetes | A class of mostly aquatic fungi |
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Oomycetes, class Oomycetes | nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores |
Broader | division | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum |
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