PHYCOMYCETE


Meaning of PHYCOMYCETE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfī-kō-ˈmī-ˌsēt, -ˌmī-ˈsēt ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek phykos + mykēt-, mykēs fungus — more at myc-

Date: circa 1900

: any of a large class (Phycomycetes) of lower fungi that are in many respects similar to algae and are now often assigned to subdivisions (as Mastigomycotina and Zygomycota)

• phy·co·my·ce·tous -ˌmī-ˈsē-təs adjective

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