any filamentous fungus of the phylum Zygomycota (or Zygomycetes), which reproduces sexually by means of zygospores, including the bread mould
Derived forms
zygomycetous (ˌzygomyˈcetous)
adjective
Examples of 'zygomycete' in a sentence
zygomycete
Eighteen fungal strains representing 11 different species were used, which included 17 ascomycetes and a zygomycete.
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