Zygomycota
English: Molds.
Name: Zygote fungi; Zygomycota refers to the zygosporangia, in which resistant spherical spores are formed during sexual reproduction; Zygos in Greek means "joining" or "yoke", referring to the fusion of two hyphal strands which produces these spores; -mycota is a suffix referring to a division of fungi.
Species: 1050.
Habitat: terrestrial, living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material; some are parasites of plants, insects, and small animals, while others form symbiotic relationships with plants.
Taxonomy
Zygomycota is a former clade of the Fungi. DNA analysis came to the conclusion that the Zygomycota is not monophyletic. Zygomycota are now split into Mucoromycotina, Entomophthoromycota, Kickxellomycotina, Zoopagomycotina, Mortierellomycotina and Glomeromycota
Mycology
1. The thallus is normally haploid, consisting of coenocytic mycelium and its wall contains chitin and chitosan.
2. The mycelium contains cell organelles like other fungi, except typical golgi bodies and centriole.
3. Asexual reproduction takes place by aplanospores.
4. Sexual reproduction takes place by gametangial copulation resulting in the formation of zygospores.
5. Hyphae may be coenocytic, forming septa only where gametes are formed or to wall off dead hyphae.
Proposal classification
1. 3-741.00 Basidiobolomycetes
2. 3-742.00 Entomorphomycetes
3. 3-743.00 Mucoromycetes
4. 3-744.00 Glomeromycetes
Classification Zygomycota
Basidiobolomyceta
Divisio: Basidiobolomycota
Subdivisio: Basidiobolomycotina
Subclass: Basidiobolomycetes
Order: Basidiobolales
Family: Basidiobolaceae: Basidiobolus, Schizangiella
Calcarisporiellomycota
Subdivisio: Calcarisporiellomycotina
Subclass: Calcarisporiellomycetes
Order: Calcarisporiellales
Family: Calcarisporiellaceae: Calcarisporiella, Echinochlamydosporium
Glomeromycota
Subdivisio: Glomeromycotina
Classes: Archaeosporomycetes
Order: Archaeosporales
Family: Ambisporaceae: Ambispora
Family: Archaeosporaceae: Archaeospora
Family: Geosiphonaceae: Geosiphon
Subclass: Glomeromycetes
Order: Diversisporales
Family: Acaulosporaceae: Acaulospora, Entrophospora
Family: Diversisporaceae: 5 genera
Family: Gigasporaceae: 5 genera
Family: Pacisporaceae: Pacispora
Family: Sacculosporaceae: Sacculospora.
Order: Glomerales
Family: Claroideoglomeraceae: Claroideoglomus.
Family: Glomeraceae: 10 genera.
Subclass: Paraglomeromycetes
Order: Paraglomerales
Family: Paraglomeraceae: Innospora, Paraglomus.
Family: Pervetustaceae: Pervetustus.
Mortierellomycota
Subclass: Mortierellomycetes
Order: Mortierellales
Family: Mortierellaceae: Aquamortierella, Dissophora, Gamsiella, Lobosporangium, Modicella, Mortierella.
Mucoromycota
Subclass: Endogonomycetes
Order: Endogonales
Family: Endogonaceae: 4 genera; 27 species.
Subclass: Mucoromycetes
Order: Mucorales
Family: Backusellaceae: Backusella.
Family: Choanephoraceae: 4 genera.
Family: Cunninghamellaceae: 4 genera.
Family: Lentamycetaceae: Lentamyces
Family: Lichtheimiaceae: 4 genera.
Family: Mucoraceae: 22 genera.
Family: Mycotyphaceae: Mycotypha.
Family: Phycomycetaceae: Phycomyces, Spinellus.
Family: Pilobolaceae: Pilobolus, Utharomyces.
Family: Radiomycetaceae: Radiomyces.
Family: Rhizopodaceae: Rhizopus, Sporodiniella, Syzygites
Family: Saksenaeaceae: Apophysomyces, Saksenaea
Family: Syncephalastraceae: 6 genera.
Subclass: Umbelopsidomycetes
Order: Umbelopsidales
Family: Umbelopsidaceae: Umbelopsis.