A biologist who is examining some skin tissue from a dead fish notes the presence of a fungus.She cultures some of the fungal cells and notices that the gamete cells are flagellated.She concludes that the fish has a fungal disease caused by a(n)
A) ascomycota.
B) glomeromycota.
C) zygomycota.
D) chytridiomycota.
E) basidiomycota.

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The presence of flagellated gamete cells indicates that the fungus belongs to the Chytridiomycota phylum, which is known for having flagellated cells at some point in their life cycle.

A Biologist Who Is Examining Some Skin Tissue from a Dead