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Fungi
Present (but see text) 410–0 Ma
PreꞒ
Pg
N
Clockwise from top left:
Amanita muscaria, a
basidiomycete;
Sarcoscypha coccinea, an
ascomycete;
bread covered in mold;
a chytrid;
an Aspergillus conidiophor
e.
Scientific classification
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked): Holomycota
(unranked): Zoosporia
Kingdom: Fungi
(L.) R.T.Moore[1]
Subkingdoms/Phyla
Rozellomyceta
o Rozellomycota
o Microsporidia
Aphelidiomyceta
o Aphelidiomycot
a
Chytridiomyceta
o Neocallimastig
omycota
o Chytridiomycot
a
Blastocladiomyceta
o Blastocladiomy
cota
Zoopagomyceta
o Basidiobolomy
cota
o Entomophthoro
mycota
o Kickxellomycot
a
Mortierellomycota
Mucoromyceta
o Calcarisporiello
mycota
o Mucoromycota
Symbiomycota
o Glomeromycot
a
o Entorrhizomyco
ta
o Basidiomycota
o Ascomycota
Contents
1Etymology
2Characteristics
3Diversity
4Mycology
o 4.1History
5Morphology
o 5.1Microscopic structures
o 5.2Macroscopic structures
6Growth and physiology
7Reproduction
o 7.1Asexual reproduction
o 7.2Sexual reproduction
o 7.3Spore dispersal
o 7.4Homothallism
o 7.5Other sexual processes
8Evolution
9Taxonomy
o 9.1Taxonomic groups
o 9.2Fungus-like organisms
10Ecology
o 10.1Symbiosis
10.1.1With plants
10.1.2With algae and cyanobacteria
10.1.3With insects
10.1.4As pathogens and parasites
10.1.5As targets of mycoparasites
11Mycotoxins
12Pathogenic mechanisms
13Human use
o 13.1Therapeutic uses
13.1.1Modern chemotherapeutics
o 13.2Traditional and folk medicine
o 13.3Cultured foods
o 13.4In food
o 13.5Poisonous fungi
o 13.6Pest control
o 13.7Bioremediation
o 13.8Model organisms
o 13.9Others
14See also
15References
o 15.1Cited literature
16External links