Zygomycota— sexual spores are thick walled resting spores called zygospores --asexual spores are borne internally in a sporangium

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These are commonly called the bread molds. Most are saprophytic, but there are many that can act as plant and human pathogens. One group of Zygomycota, the Glomales, form endomycorrhizae with about 70% of the world’s plants