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Illustrated outline of the classification and economic significance of the Chytridiomycota and Oomycota.
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Chytridiomycota, Oomycota The Fifth Kingdom Chapter 2b Blastocladiales zoospore of Allomyces (phase contrast illumination) X 2000 Chytridiomycota Chytridiales eucarpic thallus of Rhizophydium in culture X 500 Chytridiomycota Chytridiales Chytridium lagenaria: sporangium developing on a pollen grain of Pinus. Time lapse sequence X 500 Chytridiales Chytridium releasing zoospores....Overview of the water molds and downy mildews with links and images.
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Introduction to the Oomycota Oomycota these include the so-called water molds and downy mildews. They are filamentous protists which must absorb their food from the surrounding water or soil, or may invade the body of another organism to feed. As such, oomycetes play an...