See Also: zygomycete(dictionary)

zygomycete (iou)



zygomycete noun. . L19.
[Anglicized sing. of mod. Latin Zygomycetes (see below), formed as ZYGO- + Greek muketes pl. of mukes fungus.]
Mycology. A saprophytic or parasitic fungus of the subdivision Zygomycetina or class Zygomycetes, in which sexual reproduction is by fusion of usu. similar gametangia to produce a zygospore and asexual reproduction is by means of non-motile spores.
zygomy'cetous adjective E20.