subdivision Mastigomycota

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subdivision Mastigomycota - fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotina division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum class Oomycetes, Oomycetes - nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists Chytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetes - a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants division Eumycota, Eumycota - true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)

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