Chytridiomycota

plural noun

Chy·trid·i·o·my·co·ta | \ kī-ˌtri-dē-ō-mī-ˈkō-tə

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Definition of Chytridiomycota

: a phylum of fungi comprising the chytrids

History and Etymology for Chytridiomycota

borrowed from New Latin, probably from Chytridiomycetes, class name proposed earlier (from Chytridium, genus name + -o- -o- + -mycetes -mycetes) + -ota -ota

Note: Probably introduced by the Swiss-born mycologist Josef Adolf von Arx in Pilzkunde (Lehre: J. Cramer, 1967), p. 15.

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