Mastigomycotina is a former
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
taxonomic grouping, a
subdivision, of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
, similar to
Phycomycetes
Phycomycetes or algal fungi is an obsolete polyphyletic taxon for certain fungi with aseptate hyphae. It is used in the Engler system. Asexual reproduction takes place by zoospores (motile) or by Aplanospores (non-motile). These spores are endo ...
, and that included the
zoosporic
A zoospore is a motile asexual spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual reproduction, sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for biological dispersal, dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of tim ...
classes
Chytridiomycetes,
Hyphochytriomycetes,
Plasmodiophoromycetes and
Oomycetes.
General features of Mastigomycotina:
[Wong, G. J.: ]
Classification of Fungi
'. URL last accessed 2007-04-03.
* They produce flagellated cells during their lifetime.
* May bear
rhizoid
Rhizoids are protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae. They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular land plants. Similar structures are formed by some fungi. Rhizoids may be un ...
s.
* Mostly,
filamentous and having
coenocytic mycelium
Mycelium (: mycelia) is a root-like structure of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. Its normal form is that of branched, slender, entangled, anastomosing, hyaline threads. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are fo ...
.
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centric nuclear division.
* Perfect state of spores is typically
oospores.
See also
*
Fungus-like organisms
References
Obsolete fungus taxa
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