Up to the present time about 39,000 species have been described.

Review of the divisions of the Fungi:—

Class I.—Phycomycetes (Algal-Fungi).

Class II. Mesomycetes.

Class III.—Mycomycetes (Higher Fungi).

Class 1. Phycomycetes (Algal-Fungi).[12]

This group resembles Vaucheria and the other Siphoneæ among the Algæ.