Chytridiomycota

plural noun Chy·trid·i·o·my·co·ta \ kī-ˌtri-dē-ō-mī-ˈkō-tə , kə- \

Definition of Chytridiomycota

: a phylum of fungi comprising the chytrids

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Origin and Etymology of 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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First Known Use: 1967

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