Translingual

Zygomycota on solid media.

Proper noun

Zygomycota

1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Fungi – the zygomycetes, pin molds or sugar molds.

Hypernyms

• (phylum in kingdom): Eukaryota - domain; Unikonta - supergroup; Opisthokonta - clade; Fungi - kingdom
• (phylum in subkingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Eomycota - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum in subkingdom): Entomophthoromycotina, Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, Zoopagomycotina - subphyla

Related terms

• Zygomycetes

See also

• Microsporidia
• Trichomycetes
• zygosporangium

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521