phycomycete
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of phycomycete
1930–35; < New Latin Phycomycetes name of a class; see phyco-, -mycete
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The Phycomycetes are further divided into two large sections, based on their methods of reproduction, termed, respectively, Zygomycetes and Oomycetes.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
The following gives a tabular survey of the scheme adopted in the present article: A. Phycomycetes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
It is also possible in the absence of satisfactory intermediate forms that the Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes have also been derived from the algae independently of the Phycomycetes, and perhaps of one another.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes, with the Ustilagine�, "Smut Fungi," in Mesomycetes, forming a transitional group between Phycomycetes and the Basidiomycetal group of the higher fungi.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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