SYNOPTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PHYLUM NEOCALLIMASTIGOMYCOTA
| EUKARYA> OPISTHOKONTA> UNIKONTA> FUNGI> BASAL FUNGI> NEOCALLIMASTIGOMYCOTA |
NEOCALLIMASTIGOMYCOTA LINKS
| The following description comes from Hibbett et al. (2007) and Adl et al. (2012). |
I. SYNONYMS: rumen fungi
II. NUMBER: few known, but likely very many species in anaerobic environments.
III. PHYLUM CHARACTERISTICS:
- A. ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION:
- Zoospores (text with tooltip) A zoospore is an asexual spore that is motile. Zoo- (pronoumced zo-o) is a prefix that means moving. .
- B. SEXUAL REPRODUCTION:
- None known.
- C. VEGETATIVE HYPHAE:
- Coenocytic; with a few cross walls.
- D. CELL WALLS: Chitin and chitosan.
- E. ECOLOGY: Mostly known from the rumen flora of mammalian ungulates; however, they may occur in other anaerobic environments.
| By Jack R. Holt and Carlos A. Iudica. Last revised: 04/23/2013 |
