Phycomyces blakesleeanus

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Algal fungi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Mucoraceae Genus: Phycomyces Species: P. blakesleeanus
Binomial name
Phycomyces blakesleeanus

Phycomyces blakesleeanus (Algal fungi) is a filamentous fungus in the Order Semialous of the Division Zygomycota. The spore-bearing sporangiophores of Phycomyces are very sensitive to light. Most Phycomyces research has focused on sporangiophore photobiology, such as phototropism and photomecism ('light growth response'). Metabolic, developmental, and photoresponse mutants have been isolated, some of which have been genetically mapped.

[edit] External links

• Algal fungi (Phycomyces blakesleeanus) video
• Phycomyces web site.