Fungi

See also: fungi, fungí, and fungi-

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin fungus (“mushroom”).

Proper noun

Fungi

1. A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota – mushrooms and funguses, over 100,000 species of organisms that are similar to plants but do not contain chlorophyll.
   • 2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts (in English), page 811:

     It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.

Hyponyms

• (kingdom): Dikarya, Eomycota - subkingdoms
  • Ascomycota, Basidiomycota; Chytridiomycota, Glomeromycota, Zygomycota – phyla

Coordinate terms

• (kingdoms): Animalia, Plantae, Protozoa, Chromista – kingdoms in Eukaryota

References

• Fungi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fungi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Fungi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Fungi at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Fungi at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Fungi placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase