n. A phylum of saprotrophic or parasitic fungi that includes the bread mould (Mucor). Their hyphae lack cross walls and they can reproduce asexually by sporangiospores formed within a sporangium or sexually by means of zygospores.
One of four divisions within the Fungal kingdom. Contains two classes, Zygomycetes and Trichomycetes (see classification). Characterised by the formation of zygospores. More information
Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, are a division of fungi. The name of the division comes from zygosporangia, resistant structures formed during sexual reproduction. There are approximately 600 species of zygomycetes known.