Fungi

See also: fungi, fungí, and fungi-

Translingual

Etymology

Latin fungus (“mushroom”)

Proper noun

Fungi

1. A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota – the mushrooms and funguses, over 100,000 species of organisms that are similar to plants but do not contain chlorophyll.

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