Phycomycetes - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition phycomycetes

Definition :

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