Classifications of Fungi

Chytrids are the most primitive group of fungi and the only group that possess gametes with flagella.

Zygomycota, a small group in the fungi kingdom, can reproduce asexually or sexually, in a process called conjugation.

Most fungi belong to the Phylum Ascomycota, which uniquely forms of an ascus, a sac-like structure that contains haploid ascospores.

The basidiomycota are mushroom-producing fungi with developing, club-shaped fruiting bodies called basidia on the gills under its cap.

Phylum Deuteromycota is a polyphyletic group of asexually-reproducing fungi that do not display a sexual phase; they are known as imperfect.

Glomeromycetes are an important group of fungi that live in close symbiotic association with the roots of trees and plants.