Fungi vs. Fungus: Know the Difference

A kingdom of spore-producing organisms lacking chlorophyll.

An organism that feeds by absorbing nutrients from organic matter.

Eukaryotic organisms that include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms.

A single organism of the fungi kingdom, such as mold or yeast.

Organisms that obtain food by absorbing nutrients from their surroundings.

A single entity studied in mycology, displaying specific traits.

A group known for their role in decomposition and nutrient cycling.

A spore-producing eukaryotic organism without chlorophyll.

A plural of fungus.

An individual member of the fungi kingdom, known for its role in ecological processes.

(pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.

Any of numerous spore-producing eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, smuts, rusts, mushrooms, and many molds, excluding the slime molds and the water molds.

Alternative spelling of fungee

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

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A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.

A group of thallophytic plant-like organisms of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur in certain Phycomycetes, or so-called algal fungi. They include the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. In the two-kingdom classification system they were classed with the plants, but in the modern five-kingdom classification, they are not classed as plants, but are classed in their own separate kingdom fungi, which includes the phyla Zygomycota (including simple fungi such as bread molds), Ascomycota (including the yeasts), Basidiomycota (including the mushrooms, smuts, and rusts), and Deuteromycota (the fungi imperfecti). Some of the forms, such as the yeasts, appear as single-celled microorganisms, but all of the fungi are are eukaryotic, thus distinguishing them from the prokaryotic microorganisms of the kingdon Monera.

Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, - the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. See fungi.

The taxonomic kingdom of lower plants

A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.

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A parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

Organisms studied in mycology, often characterized by their complex life cycles.