Genus
Syzygites
Syzygites megalocarpus. Photo: (c) tombigelow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Syzygites is a monotypic genus in Zygomycota. The sole described species is Syzygites megalocarpus, which was the first fungus for which sex was reported and the main homothallic representative in the research that allowed for the classification of fungi as homothallic or heterothallic. It is also the fungus from which the term “zygospore” was coined.
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