Fungi

Used for

Achlya, Allomyces, Blastocladiella, Chytridromycetes, egg fungi, mold, Mucorales, Oomycetes, plant fungi, water mold, Zygomycetes

Broader Terms

organism

Narrower Terms

Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Fungi Imperfecti, Microsporidia, Pneumocystis

Related Terms

eukaryote, mycosis, mycotoxin

Scope Note

heterotrophic, multicellular organisms made up of filamentous cells; cells have chitin walls; no chlorophyll; saprophytic or parasitic types; sexual or asexual spore formation; terrestrial or aquatic.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Another characteristic of fungi is cell walls enforced with chitin, the same substance found in insect exoskeletons.
• The classification of the different types of fungi is based primarily on their microscopic features, such as reproductive structures.
• Hold a general, short discussion about what fungi is, where it may grow and the climatic type of condition it would need to grow.
• Southcott puts the matter into stark perspective: 'the edibility of most Australian species of fungi is untested' (Southcott, 1996).
• A summary of these and other diagnostic features of the fungi is presented in Table 73-1.