zygomycete

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zy·go·my·cete

Z5037450 (zī′gō-mī′sēt′, -mī-sēt′)n. Any of numerous fungi of the division Zygomycota, characterized by a sexual phase of the life cycle during which specialized hyphae fuse to form a zygospore, and including various food molds.
[zygo- (in reference to the formation of the zygospore) : -mycete.]
zy′go·my·ce′tous (-sē′təs) adj.

zygomycete

(ˌzaɪɡəʊˈmaɪsiːt) n (Botany) any filamentous fungus of the phylum Zygomycota (or Zygomycetes), which reproduces sexually by means of zygospores, including the bread mould ˌzygomyˈcetous adj

zy•go•my•cete

(ˌzaɪ gəˈmaɪ sit, -maɪˈsit, ˌzɪg ə-)

n. any of a wide variety of common fungi constituting the phylum Zygomycota, of the kingdom Fungi, in which sexual reproduction is by the formation of zygospores. [< New Latin Zygomycetes (1874); see zygo-, -mycete]