This document classifies fungi into five subdivisions based on their reproductive methods: Mastigomycotina, Zygomycotina, Ascomycotina, Basidiomycotina, and Deuteromycotina. It provides details on Mastigomycotina including the classes Chytridiomycetes and Oomycetes. Oomycetes are characterized by having coenocytic hyphae, dissimilar gametangia, and producing biflagellate zoospores. The document outlines the key orders of Oomycetes and provides life cycle details for Pythium and Phytophthora species. It also summarizes characteristics of Zygomycotina such as having coenocy

1. Classification of Eumycota
True fungi are grouped into five subdivision based on their
method of reproduction.
1. Mastigomycotina
2. Zygomycotina
3. Ascomycotina
4. Basidiomycotina
5. Deuteromycotina
(Imperfect fungi)
Asexual
& sexual
spores
Non-motile
spores
motile spores
Zoospores
Asexual
spores
septate
hyphae
Non-septate
(coenocytic)
hyphae

2. • Key to classes of Mastigomycotina
I. Zoospores uniflagellate (monoplanetic)
a. Flagellum posterior, whiplash type -
Chytridiomycetes
b. Flagellum anterior, tinsel type -
Hyphochytridiomycetes
II. Zoospores biflagellate (diplanetic)
a. Flagella unequal, both of whiplash type, thallus
plasmodial– plasmodiophoromycetes
b. Flagellum rarely equal, anterior flagellum tinsel
type, posterior flagellum whiplash, cell wall
cellulosic - Oomycetes.

3. • Vegetative Structure of Synchytrium endobioticum
The vegetative body of Synchytrium consists of
minute endobiotic holocarpic thallus, represented
by naked uniflagellate zoospore with whiplash
flagellum.
• Reproduction in S. endobioticum:
Synchytrium endobioticum reproduces both asexually
and sexually. Vegetative reproduction is absent.
During reproduction, the entire thallus transforms
into a reproductive unit i.e., holocarpic.

4. • Asexual Reproduction:
• Asexual reproduction generally occurs during
favourable condition, i.e., in spring season. minute
naked uninucleate and uniflagellate zoospores (Fig.
4.17U) are released from the resting sporangium
• The zoospores are capable of swimming for about
two hours. After coming in contact either with the
potato ‘eye’ or stolon or young tuber (Fig. 4.17B),
they come to rest and withdraw their flagella (Fig.
4.17C). The content of the zoospore cyst enters into
the host cell through the wall by minute pore in
amoeboid movement, keeping the cyst membrane
outside (Fig. 4.17D).

9. Key to orders of Oomycetes
I. Zoospores invariably formed in the sporangium.
diplanetic, monoplanetic or aplanetic
(a) Holocapric or eucarpic, hyphae when present
lack constrictions - Saprolegniales
b) Eucarpic hyphae with condtrictions-Leptomitales
II. Zoospores formed within the sporangium or a
sporangial vesicle ; monoplanetic and reniform
(a) Holocarpic - Lagenidiales
(b)(b) Encarpic - Peronosporales

10. Sub-division: Mastigomycotina
Class: Oomycetes
1. Hyphae are coenocytic (non-septate)
2. Sexual gametangia are dissimilar
• Female gametangia (oogonia)
• Male gametangia (antheridia)

11. Class : Oomycetes
General characteristics
They range form unicellular, holocarpic, endobiotic parasite having well
developed mycelium
They produce laterally biflagellate, reniform zoospore
They contain cellulose in their cell wall
They show oogamous type of sexual reproduction usually involving a club
shaped antheridium and globose oogonium containing one or more non mobile
female gametes called oosphere or egg. The male gametes fuse with female
gamete or egg resulting in thick walled zygote called oospore.

12. Orders of Oomycetes
• I. Zoospores invariably formed in the sporan
• Saprolegniales
• Euic hyphae with constrictionstomitales
• (a) Holocarpic - Lagenidiales (b) Encarpic - Peronosporales
– es are the most primitive among the Oomycetes, while the Peronosporales are the most
advanced. orales
• General characteristics : - They are more
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• - The intercel
• order is divided into three families on the characteristics of sporangiophore and
sporangia
• 1) Pythiaceae Albuginaceae
• 3) Peronosporaceae
• Pythiaceae
• lular hyphae of parasitic genera form haustoria which enter host cells and absorb
nutrients The 2) Family : The fam n Pythium and Gen This -rot and “damping off”
di fruits (prominent g usually on the ground). The m ustoria are produced in
some species. The hyphae which bear the sporangia are m in most species. In
some species, however definite sporangiophores are formed. Life cycle of host
tissu n in t ti H re rod e ova unspecialized hyphae (Fig. 17).

13. Life cycle of
Pythium
debaryanum

14. Fig. Life cycle of
Phytophthora
infestans

15. Zygomycotina
1. Hyphae are coenocytic (non-septate).
2. The hyphae are filled or lined with continuous multinucleated
protoplasm.
3. This includes both parasitic and saprophytic species.
3. Sexual gametangia are similar
4. Sexual reproduction is by conjugation (fusing) hyphae from two
different strains, followed by plasmogamy, karyogamy, meiosis
and then the production of Zygospores.
5. For example: Rhizopus

18. Rhizopus (Black bread mold )
 It is a saprophytic fungus, which can grow on moist bread,
stored fruits, vegetables, and synthetic nutritive media.
 Sexual reproduction by the production of zygospores.
 Asexual reproduction by the production of sporangispores

19. Vegetative structure
• The mycelium consists of branched
non-septate hyphae, which grow
creeping upon the substratum called
stolon
• Rhizoids for absorption of the
necessary food material.
• Sporangiophores with a single
sporangium.

20. Life cycle of
Mucor spp..