Fungus

Fungi; Temporal range: Early Devonian–Present 410–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Clockwise frae tap left: Amanita muscaria, a basidiomycete;; Sarcoscypha coccinea, an ascomycete;; breid kivert in mould;; a chytrid;; an Aspergillus conidiophore.;
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	Holomycota
(unranked):	Zoosporia
Kinrick:	Fungi; (L.) R.T.Moore
Subkingdoms/Phyla/Subphyla
	Blastocladiomycota Chytridiomycota Glomeromycota Microsporidia Neocallimastigomycota Dikarya (inc. Deuteromycota) Ascomycota Pezizomycotina Saccharomycotina Taphrinomycotina Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Pucciniomycotina Ustilaginomycotina Subphyla incertae sedis Entomophthoromycotina Kickxellomycotina Mucoromycotina Zoopagomycotina

A fungus (/ˈfʌŋɡəs/; plural: fungi^[3] or funguses^[4]) is a member o a lairge group o eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as baurms an moulds, as well as the mair familiar mushruims. These organisms are clessifee'd as a kinrick, Fungi, which is separate frae plants, animals, protists an bacteria. Ane major difference is that fungal cells hae cell walls that contain chitin, unlik the cell waws o plants an some protists, which contain cellulose, an unlik the cell waws o bacteria. These an ither differences shaw that the fungi furm a single group o relatit organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common auncestor (is a monophyletic group). This fungal group is distinct frae the structurally seemilar myxomycetes (slime moulds) an oomycetes (watter moulds). The discipline o biology devotit tae the study o fungi is kent as mycology (frae the Greek μύκης, mukēs, meanin "fungus"). Mycology haes eften been regardit as a branch o botany, even tho it is a separate kinrick in biological taxonomy. Genetic studies hae shawn that fungi are mair closely relatit tae ainimals than tae plants.

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↑ Moore RT (1980). "Taxonomic proposals for the classification of marine yeasts and other yeast-like fungi including the smuts". Botanica Marina. 23: 361–373.
↑ The clessification seestem presentit here is based on the 2007 phylogenetic study bi Hibbett et al.
↑ ⁱ/ˈfʌndʒaɪ/ or ⁱ/ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/
↑ "Fungus". Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 2011-02-26.

[Moore1980-1] Moore RT (1980). "Taxonomic proposals for the classification of marine yeasts and other yeast-like fungi including the smuts". Botanica Marina. 23: 361–373.

[2] The clessification seestem presentit here is based on the 2007 phylogenetic study bi Hibbett et al.

[3] ⁱ/ˈfʌndʒaɪ/ or ⁱ/ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/

[OxfordDictionary-4] "Fungus". Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 2011-02-26.

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Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Present 410–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Clockwise frae tap left: Amanita muscaria, a basidiomycete; Sarcoscypha coccinea, an ascomycete; breid kivert in mould; a chytrid; an Aspergillus conidiophore.
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	Holomycota
(unranked):	Zoosporia
Kinrick:	Fungi (L.) R.T.Moore^[1]
Subkingdoms/Phyla/Subphyla^[2]
Blastocladiomycota Chytridiomycota Glomeromycota Microsporidia Neocallimastigomycota Dikarya (inc. Deuteromycota) Ascomycota Pezizomycotina Saccharomycotina Taphrinomycotina Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Pucciniomycotina Ustilaginomycotina Subphyla incertae sedis Entomophthoromycotina Kickxellomycotina Mucoromycotina Zoopagomycotina