Eumycetes
- noun
- /juːˈmaɪsiːtiːz/
- Specialized
- Unlike slime molds, Eumycetes possess cell walls containing chitin.
Examples
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Many plant diseases are caused by pathogenic species of Eumycetes.
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Scientists studied the characteristics of Eumycetes to better understand fungal evolution.
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The Eumycetes are fascinating.
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Did you see the Eumycetes exhibit?
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Many plant diseases are caused by pathogenic species of Eumycetes.
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Scientists studied the characteristics of Eumycetes to better understand fungal evolution.
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Unlike slime molds, Eumycetes possess cell walls containing chitin.
Synonyms
A group of living things like mushrooms and molds that have cell walls and cannot make their own food
A main group of fungi like mushrooms and molds that have cells with walls made of chitin
A group of fungi that make zygospores when they reproduce sexually
A former group of fungi that make thick sexual spores
Fungi that often grow on bread or soil and make thick spores
A group of fungi whose spores and reproductive cells can move
Fungi that make swimming spores and are now usually placed in other groups
A large group of fungi that produce spores in small sacs called asci
A group of fungi that make spores inside small sacs
A group of fungi that make small closed parts that hold spores, including ergot and powdery mildew
A group of fungi with disk or cup-shaped parts that make spores
A group of fungi that includes mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi
A group of fungi that includes mushrooms and puffballs
A former group of fungi that included mushrooms and bracket fungi
A former group of fungi with spores that grow inside closed bodies like puffballs or earth stars
A name once used for fungi whose spores form inside, like puffballs and earth stars
A group of fungi that make closed spore sacs that open only when they decay or break
A group of fungi that includes smuts and rusts
A group of fungi that live mostly in water and often grow on dead plants or attack animals like frogs
Fungi whose sexual reproduction is not known
A group of fungi with no known sexual stage
A former group of fungi with no known sexual stage
A group of fungi with no known sexual stage
Surface Forms
Morphology
Eumycetes = eumycete (opaque) = eu + mycete + s
Formation of the plural 'Eumycetes' from the noun 'eumycete' is a straightforward and regular pluralization.
Etymology
Eumycetes comes from the Greek parts eu- meaning 'true' or 'good' and myc- meaning 'fungus', a root you meet in words about mushrooms. So Eumycetes literally means 'true fungi', which is why it names the group of real fungi rather than slime molds.