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Definition of Phycomycetes

1. Noun. A large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems.

Definition of Phycomycetes

1. n. pl. A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms.

Definition of Phycomycetes

1. phycomycete [n] - See also: phycomycete

Medical Definition of Phycomycetes

1. A group of fungi possessing hyphae that are usually nonseptate (without cross walls). (31 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phycomycetes

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