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Zygomycota
General Characteristics
Rhizopus
General Characteristics
- Phylum Zygomycota includes bread molds and other Fungi that produce zygotes
- Non-septate hyphae, except in sporangia or gametangia
- Forms diploid zygotes nuclei
Rhizopus
- Rhizopus is a common bread mold
- Sporangium is the spore-making structure
- Gametangium is the gamete-making structure
- When two gametangia fuse, a zygosporangium is produced