A class of aquatic and terrestrial fungi (subdivision Mastigomycotina) that typically produce oogonia and zoosporangia in which form zoospores having one anteriorly-directed tinsel flagellum and one posteriorly-directed whiplash flagellum. Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_O.htm
Group of fungi in which the mycelium is nonseptate, i.e. Lacks cross walls and the nuclei are diploid. Sexual reproduction is oogamous. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973