Monoblepharidomycetes
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The Monoblepharidomycetes are a class within the phylum Chytridiomycota, which are fungus-like organisms. This class is characterized by its single order, Monoblepharidales. Organisms in this order are distinguished by having a large, nonmotile egg that is fertilized by a small, single-flagellated motile sperm.12
These fungi typically have a filamentous, branched or unbranched thallus. Their reproduction can be asexual, producing zoospores, or sexual, involving the fertilization of an egg by a gamete to form an oospore. The genus Monoblepharis is an example within this order.12
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