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Describe Phycomycetes.

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Habitats : Members of phycomycetes are found in aquatic habitats and on decaying wood in moist and damp places or as obligate parasites on plants.
Body organisation : The mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic.
Hyphal wall contains microfibrils of cellulose chitin or both.
Reproduction : Asexual reproduction takes place by Zoospores (motile) or by aplanospores (non-mutile).
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).
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