What is Zygomycota?
{{taxobox | name = Zygomycota | image = Phycomyces.JPG | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Sporangium of a ''[[Phycomyces]] sp.'' | regnum = Fungi | phylum = '''Zygomycota''' | phylum_authority = C. Moreau 1954 | classis = '''Zygomycetes''' | classis_authority = [[G. Winter|Winter]] 1881 | subdivision_ranks = Orders | subdivision = }} '''Zygomycota''', or '''zygote fungi''', is a large [[phylum|group]] of 1600 [[species]] of [[fungi]]. Fungi are put into groups by the way they [[sexual reproduction|reproduce]]. The name ''Zygomycota'' comes from zygosporangia, where strong and tough round shaped [[spore]]s are formed during sexual reproduction.<ref name=clinton/> They are mostly found living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material. Some are [[parasite]]s of plants, [[insect]]s, and small animals. Others form [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] relationships with plants, where the plant and the fungi need each other to grow. Zygomycete [[hyphae]] may be a [[syncytium]], that is, having a mass of nuclei not divided into separate cells.<ref name=clinton>{{cite web |url=http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20102/bio%20102%20lectures/fungi/fungi.htm |title=Fungi |work=faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu |year=2011 |accessdate=7 October 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On occasion these can be divided into separate parts by a cell wall called a septum.<ref name=clinton/> This only happens where [[gamete]]s are formed, or to wall off dead hyphae. ==References== {{Sister project links |1= |author= |auto=no |b=no |c=Zygomycota |collapsible=no |commonscat=Zygomycota |cookbook=no |d=no |display=Zygomycota |m=no |mw=no |n=no |position= |q=no |qid=Q215384 |s=no |species=Zygomycota |species_author=no |style= |v=no |voy=no |wikt=no }} {{reflist}} {{taxonbar|from=Q215384}} {{authority control}} [[category:Fungi]] {{biology-stub}}