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(which include some types of algae). The Oomycota have a very sparse fossil record; a possible oomycete has been described in amber from the Cretaceous.

Etymology

Oomycota comes from oo- and -mycete , referring to the large round oogonia, structures containing the female gametes, that are characteristic of the oomycetes.

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