Larry Jump
Fungi are currently placed into different phyla based on their from of sexual reproduction. Currently seven different phyla have been proposed including: * Chytridiomycota * Blastocladiomycota * Neocallimastiogomycota * Zygomycota * Glomeromcota * Ascomycota * Basidiomycota Reproduction modes and structures
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reproductive modes and structures
: Chytridiomycota : Blastocladiomycota : Neocallimastigomycota : Glomeromycota : Zygomycota Dikarya (inc. Deuteromycota) : Ascomycota : Basidiomycota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi 8 phyla.
Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota
There are a half dozen phyla and dozens of classes of fungi.
Do you mean, 'How many phyla are there on Earth?' There are more than 20 phyla of bacteria, over 30 phyla of animals and 12 phyla of plants. Fungi and protists, who knows.....? Add up all these phyla, and you can see there is quite a lot.
Mushrooms were originally classifed in the phylum Basidiomycota, and the sac fungi were originally placed in the phylum Ascomycota. Recently, these two phyla have been merged to form the Dikaryomycota.
Actually, there are 5. Basidiomycota Ascomycota Chytridiomycota Deuteromycota Myxomycota
Chytrids, of which there are four phyla: Blastococladiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Neocallimastigomycota, and Monoblepharidiomycota.
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Currently, fungi is classified into seven main groups. These phyla are Neocallimastigomycota, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, Microsporidia, Chytridiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Basidiomycota.