- Members of phycomycetes are found in aquatic habitats and on decaying wood in moist and damp places or as obligate parasites on plants.Â
- The mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic.Â
- Asexual reproduction takes place by zoospores (motile) or by aplanospores (non-motile). These spores are endogenously produced in sporangium. A zygospore is formed by fusion of two gametes. These gametes are similar in morphology (isogamous) or dissimilar (anisogamous or oogamous).
Examples of Phycomycetes: Mucor, Rhizopus (the bread mould), Albugo (the parasitic fungi on mustard).
- Rhizopus and Mucor spoil food stuffs such as bread, jams and fruits.Â