In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Myxomycetes 2. Characteristics of Myxomycetes 3. Somatic Phase 4. Reproductive Phase 5. Classification. Introduction to Myxomycetes: It is a group of organisms of great scientific interest. Some of these are of remarkable beauty, have delicate structure and brilliant colours. They exist in non-green slimy masses of protoplasm sending out pseudopodia. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of lower fungi. The modern mycologists consider that the class Phycomycetes is not a natural group of closely related forms. Numerous new proposals for regrouping them are thus forthcoming. Sparrow (1958-59) suggested that the order Plasmodiophorales which includes the endoparasitic slime molds should be given the rank of a class Plasmodiophoromycetes [...]
In this article we will discuss about the evolution of thallus in lower fungi with the help of diagrams. In the simplest and primitive members, which are aquatic, there is no mycelium. The thallus in these forms is microscopic and unicellular. In Olpidium endogenum, it consists of a tiny mass of naked, uninucleate protoplast which enters the host cell, enlarges [...]