TABLE III.

Taxonomic distribution of selected morphological and ecological characters of zygomycete fungi

	Zoopagomycotina	Kickxellomycotina	Entomophthoromycotina	Mucoromycotina	Mortierellomycotina	Glomeromycotina
Sexual Reproduction	Zygospore	Zygospore	Zygospore	Zygospore	Zygospore	Unknown
Asexual Reproduction	Sporangia, conidia	Trichospores, sporangia,  merosporangia	Conidia	Sporangia,  sporangioles	Sporangia	Chlamydospore-like
Hyphae	Coenocytic	Bifurcate septa w/  lenticular plug	Complete septa,    bifurcate septa,    or coenocytic;    hyphal bodies	Coenocytic	Coenocytic	Coenocytic
MTOCa	—b	Centriole-like	Centriole-like	Spindle pole body	—	—
Hyphal tip structure	—	AVCc	Spitzenkörper	AVC	AVC	AVC
Fruiting body production	Absent	Absent	Absent	Present (rare)	Present (rare)	Present (rare)
Major host/substrate	Amoeba, animal,  fungi	Animal, fungi	Animal	Plant	Plant	Plant

^aMicrotubular Organizing Center.

^bUnsampled.

^cApical Vesicle Crescent.