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Chytrids Definition:

  • A term used to describe members of Chytridiomycota, fungi that produce motile zoospores with single, posterior, whiplash flagella.

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Chytrids Notes:

Chytrid is an informal name of Chytridiomycota, which are a division of zoosporic organisms in the kingdom Fungi. This name is derived from a Greek word chytridion, which means little pot, and this describes the structure that contains unreleased zoospores.

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