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Give the salient features of the class Zygomycetes.

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`**` Most of the species are saprophytic and live on decaying plant and animal matter in the soil. Some lead parasitic life (Example : Entomophthora on housefly)
`**` Bread mold fungi (Example : Mucor and Rhizopus) and Coprophilous fungi (Fungi growing on dung Example :Pilobolus) belong to this group.
`**` The mycelium is branched and coemocytic.
`**` Asexual reproduction by means of spores produced in sporangia.
`**` Sexual reproduction is by the fusion of the gametangia which result in thick walled zygospore. It remains dormant for long periods. The zygospore undergoes meiosis and produce spores.
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