Mastigomycotina is a former polyphyletic taxonomic grouping, a subdivision, of fungi, similar to Phycomycetes, and that included the zoosporic classes Chytridiomycetes, Hyphochytriomycetes, Plasmodiophoromycetes and Oomycetes.Sparrow, F. K. (1973). Mastigomigotina (zoosporic fungi). In: Ainsworth, G.C., Sparrow, F.K. & Sussman, A.S. (eds). The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, vol IV B. Academic Press, New York, pp. 61-73, . From Barr (2001), .
General features of Mastigomycotina:Wong, G. J.: Classification of Fungi. URL last accessed 2007-04-03.
They produce flagellated cells during their lifetime. May bear rhizoids. Mostly, filamentous and having coenocytic mycelium. Show centric nuclear division. Perfect state of spores is typically oospores.
See also Fungus-like organisms
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