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Zygomycota
Zygomycota
Translingual
Proper noun
Zygomycota
- 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