Members of phycomycetes are found in aquatic habitats and on decaying wood in moist and damp places or as obligate parasites on plants. The mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic. Asexual reproduction takes place by zoospores (motile) or by aplanospores (non-motile). These spores are endogeneously produced in sporangium. Zygospores are formed by fusion of two gametes. These gametes are similar in morphology (isogamous) or dissimilar (anisogamous or oogamous).
Some common examples of Phycomycetes Fungi are Mucor (Figure), Rhizopus (the bread mould mentioned earlier) and Albugo (the parasitic fungi on mustard).
Fig: Mucor
