Which of the following are characteristics of Chytridiomycota? Check all that apply.

Chytrids produce flagellated spores, which can swim through water. Some live in the digestive systems of animals and help break down plant material, while others cause diseases in plants or animals, including amphibian chytridiomycosis. Spores produced in an ascus are characteristic of a different fungal group, and chytrids do have reproductive phases.

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