fungi
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- noun
- /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/
- Specialized
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hongos
- There is an abundance of wildlife in the park, and the wildflowers and fungi are plentiful.
- ectomycorrhizal fungi
- mycorrhizal fungi
- pathogenic fungi
How is it that fungi are more like animals and plants?
- How is it that fungi are more like animals and plants?
- Are mushrooms and fungi a kind of plant?
- They've become radiotrophic, just like some fungi in Chernobyl.
- If you don't bathe for three weeks, you have a microbiome of fungi under your armpits.
- And so it's for these fungi that we need to be mindful.
- And the cockroaches and the incredible fungi, you know, they'll be fine.
- Though I think that's exactly what the fungi want us to think.
- These are all reasons why why beneficial bacteria and fungi can be depleted.
Examples
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Occurring everywhere and on all living matter, fungi have coevolved with and flourished inside diverse hosts.
Academic text (1995) -
We have fungi growing in the fields.
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How is it that fungi are more like animals and plants?
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What are the possible beneficial roles of fungi and human health?
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Are mushrooms and fungi a kind of plant?
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DNA studies showed that humans and fungi had a more recent common ancestor than did fungi and plants.
Fiction book (2001) -
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection caused by fungi of the family Mucoraceae.
Academic text (1995) -
In feeding on beneficial fungi on plant roots, worms digest the soft hyphae.
Academic text (1995) -
Many species of fungi play a crucial role in breaking down organic matter in ecosystems.
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Farmers often use specific types of fungi to improve soil health and crop yields.
Synonyms
A large group of living things that includes mushrooms and yeasts
A group of living things like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts that are not plants
A group of living things like mushrooms and molds that have cell walls and cannot make their own food
A main group of fungi like mushrooms and molds that have cells with walls made of chitin
A group of fungi that have cell walls containing chitin
Compounds
- Specialized
A living thing like mushrooms that makes spores on small club-shaped cells
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fungi comes from the Latin word fungus, which meant 'mushroom' and is the singular form. So fungi names the mushroom-like organisms, like molds and yeasts, and that 'mushroom' idea explains the modern meaning.