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Noun: Phycomycetes  ,fI-kow-mI'see-teez
  1. 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
    - Phycomycetes group

Type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

Part of: Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi

Encyclopedia: Phycomycetes