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Types of Fungi

Chytridiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Neocallimastigomycota, and Zygomycota are four main clades that make up the phylum Chytridiomycota. Chytridiomycota, commonly known as chytrids, produce mobile zoospores for propagation that contain a single flagellum. Blastocladiomycota and Neocallimastigomycota were initially classified under Chytridiomycota but are now their own clades. Neocallimastigomycota fungi live in the guts of herbivorous animals and can thrive without oxygen. Zygomy

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Types of Fungi

Chytridiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Neocallimastigomycota, and Zygomycota are four main clades that make up the phylum Chytridiomycota. Chytridiomycota, commonly known as chytrids, produce mobile zoospores for propagation that contain a single flagellum. Blastocladiomycota and Neocallimastigomycota were initially classified under Chytridiomycota but are now their own clades. Neocallimastigomycota fungi live in the guts of herbivorous animals and can thrive without oxygen. Zygomy

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Chytridiomycota
fungi
Chytridiomycota can be found all over the world and are commonly known as chytrids.
The name is derived from the Greek word chytridion, meaning 'little pot', which refers to
the pot-like structure that contain the unreleased spores. They produce mobile zoospores
for the purpose of propagation. The movement of these spores is facilitated by the single
flagellum present on their body. Chytrids are quite distinct from the other divisions of
fungi and composed of four main clades.

Blastocladiomycota
Blastocladiomycota were initially a part of the clade that constituted the phylum
Chytridiomycota. However, recently on the basis of the results of molecular data and
characteristics of their ultrastructures, they are placed as a sister clade to Zygomycota and
Glomeromycota. They can be saprotrophs and exhibit sporic meiosis.

Neocallimastigomycota
Initially Neocallimastigomycota also belonged to the Chytridiomycota phylum. The
species of fungi that belong to this phylum are generally found in the digestive system of
the herbivorous animals and they are anaerobic, i.e. they can thrive in the absence of
oxygen. Besides, they can exist both on land and in water. Like the Chytridiomycota,
they also form zoospores, that contain single or multiple flagella.

Zygomycota
Most of the fungi belonging to the phylum Zygomycota are saprobes. They are
commonly known as sugar or pin molds. They can reproduce both sexually and
asexually. For sexual reproduction, they produce zygospores, while asexual reproduction
is carried out by means of sporangiospores. Some common species of zygomycota
include black bread mold, mucor, rhizomucor, rhizopus and pilobus species.

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