HyperDic: mastigomycotina

English > 1 sense of the word Mastigomycotina:
NOUNplantMastigomycotina, Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycotinafungi in which the spores and gametes are motile
English > Mastigomycotina: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota.
SynonymsMastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycotina
Member ofEumycota, division Eumycotatrue fungi
MembersChytridiomycetes, class ChytridiomycetesA class of mostly aquatic fungi
Oomycetes, class Oomycetesnonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores
Broaderdivision(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

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