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For the past several decades, amphibian species worldwide have been in decline. A significant proportion of the decline seems to be due to the spread of the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Chytrid sporangia reside within the epidermal cells of infected animals, animals that consequently show areas of sloughed skin. Sexual reproduction has not been observed in B. dendrobatidis. If its morphology and genetics did not identify it as a chytridiomycete, then to which fungal group would B. dendrobatidis be assigned?
A) zygomycetes
B) glomeromycetes
C) basidiomycetes
D) deuteromycetes

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Deuteromycetes, also known as Fungi Imperfecti, are a group of fungi for which no sexual reproduction has been observed. Since the question highlights that sexual reproduction has not been observed in B. dendrobatidis, if it were not identified based on its morphology and genetics as a chytridiomycete, it would be classified among the deuteromycetes. This classification is used for fungi when only the asexual phase is known.

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