Category:Phycomycetes

Phy`co*my*ce"tes, n. pl. [nl.; Gr. seaweed + mycetes.] (bot.)

Defn: 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. -- Phy`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.