NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Zygomycota: The Conjugated Fungi The zygomycetes are a relatively small group of fungi belonging to the Phylum Zygomycota. They include the familiar bread mold, Rhizopus stolonifer, which rapidly propagates on the surfaces of breads, fruits, and vegetables.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Zygomycetes, popularly known as the ‘pin molds’, are fungi belonging to the Eumycota, the true fungi that form extended mycelia and diverse asexual and sexual spore structures. The Zygomycetes are fungi that thrive in soil and dead plant material.

Detailed explanation-3: -The zygomycota are usually fast growing fungi characterized by primitive coenocytic (mostly aseptate) hyphae. Asexual spores include chlamydoconidia, conidia and sporangiospores contained in sporangia borne on simple or branched sporangiophores.