Introduction to Clinical Mycology

Fungi: Zygomycetes

January 2012

With the Zygomycetes, we define them as having pauciseptate hyphae. Pauciseptate means there are a few septations or can be a few septations but for the most part the hyphae do not have septations within them. Zygomycetes produce sporangia, the spherical structures that are produced at the end of a long stalk, the sporangia produces spores. The hallmark of Zygomycetes is the growth rate, very rapid growth. They may have root-like structures called rhizoids that anchor them to the substrate surface. They may not and if they do have them, then the arrangement of those rhizoids helps with the identification.

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