chytridiomycetes
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1. a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | chytridiales, order chytridiales, |
| definition | : | simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | blastocladiales, order blastocladiales, |
| definition | : | fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes (noun.plant) |
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