Deuteromycotina
Sub-division: Deuteromycotina:- It includes 1 class - Class - Deuteromycetes:- > Deuteromycetes occur mostly as saprophytes on a wide range of substrates, but a large number of them are parasites on plants and animals (including humans) and cause a variety of diseases. Leaf- spots, blights, blotch, wilts, rots, anthracnose, etc. are the important diseases of plants, while diseases like meningitis, candidiasis, skin diseases, nail diseases, dermatomycosis as ringworms, athlete’s foot, etc. occur in animals (including humans). > The mycelium is made up of well-developed, profusely branched and septate hypha that possess multinucleate cells and simple pore septa. > The hyphae may be inter- or intracellular, and their cell wall chiefly contains chitin-glucan. > Deuteromycetes reproduce only asexually. The asexual reproduction may take place by hyphal fragments, budding (common in Blastomycetes), arthrospores (flat-ended asexual spores formed by the breaking up of ...