zy·go·my·cete 
(zī′gō-mīsēt′, -mī-sēt)
(zī′gō-mīsēt′, -mī-sēt)n.
Any of numerous fungi of the division Zygomycota, characterized by a sexual phase of the life cycle during which specialized hyphae fuse to form a zygospore, and including various food molds.
[ZYGO- (in reference to the formation of the zygospore) : -MYCETE.]
zy′go·my·cetous (-sētəs) adj.