Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phycomycetes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fungi \Fun"gi\, n. pl. (Bot.)
A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute
of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished
by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great
variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur
in certain {Phycomycetes}, or so-called algal fungi.
Note: The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration
from various alg[ae], losing their chlorophyll on
assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they
are divided into the subclasses {Phycomycetes}, the
lower or algal fungi; the {Mesomycetes}, or
intermediate fungi; and the {Mycomycetes}, or the
higher fungi; by others into the {Phycomycetes}; the
{Ascomycetes}, or sac-spore fungi; and the
{Basidiomycetes}, or basidial-spore fungi.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phycomycetes \Phy`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ? seaweed +
mycetes.] (Bot.)
A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi,
the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an
undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and
much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the
formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every
form of transition from this method through simple
conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm
in the higher forms. -- {Phy`co*my*ce"tous}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Phycomycetes
n : a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike
organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the
Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division
Eumycota; a category not used in all systems [syn: {Phycomycetes},
{Phycomycetes group}]
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