A researcher discovers a new species of fungi that forms hyphae, but not septa. This fungus also lacks multicellular fruiting bodies and does not appear to form either endomycorrhizae or ectomycorrhizae with plants. How should this fungus be classified?
A)as a zygomycete
B)as a chytrid
C)as an ascomycete
D)as a glomeromycete
E)as a basidiomycete

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Zygomycetes typically have coenocytic hyphae (lacking septa) and do not form multicellular fruiting bodies, which matches the description of the newly discovered fungus.

A Researcher Discovers a New Species of Fungi That Forms