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A fungus ( pl.: fungi [ 3] or funguses [ 4]) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one of the traditional eukaryotic kingdoms, along with Animalia, Plantae and either Protista [ 5] or Protozoa and Chromista.
Basidiomycota ( / bəˌsɪdi.oʊmaɪˈkoʊtə /) [ 2] is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the " higher fungi ") within the kingdom Fungi. Members are known as basidiomycetes. [ 3] More specifically, Basidiomycota includes these groups: agarics, puffballs ...
Familiar examples of sac fungi include morels, truffles, brewers' and bakers' yeast, dead man's fingers, and cup fungi. The fungal symbionts in the majority of lichens (loosely termed "ascolichens") such as Cladonia belong to the Ascomycota. Ascomycota is a monophyletic group (containing all of the descendants of a common ancestor).
amanitins [3] liver Americas: Amanita ocreata Peck: Western destroying angel amanitins: liver Woodland (oak) Pacific Northwest North America Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link: death cap amanitins: liver Woodland (various) Europe, North Africa, North America, Australia (SE), New Zealand Volvariella volvacea, Russula virescens Amanita lanei
Zygomycota. Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now part of two phyla: the Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota. [ 1] Approximately 1060 species are known. [ 2] They are mostly terrestrial in habitat, living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material.
Dimorphic fungi are fungi that can exist in the form of both mold [ 1] and yeast. This is usually brought about by change in temperature and the fungi are also described as thermally dimorphic fungi. [ 2] An example is Talaromyces marneffei, [ 3] a human pathogen that grows as a mold at room temperature, and as a yeast at human body temperature ...
Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [ 5][ 13] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic. [ 3][ 6] Superficial fungal infections include common tinea of the skin, such as tinea of the body, groin, hands, feet and beard, and ...
The earliest terrestrial fungus fossils, or at least fungus-like fossils, have been found in South China from around 635 million years ago. The researchers who reported on these fossils suggested that these fungus-like organisms may have played a role in oxygenating Earth's atmosphere in the aftermath of the Cryogenian glaciations.