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kingdom Fungi

kingdom Fungi

1 5.2
A large group of living things that includes mushrooms and yeasts
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪŋdəm ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/
  • Specialized
: reino Fungi
  • The kingdom Fungi includes mushrooms, yeasts, and molds that play crucial roles in ecosystems.

Examples

  • Thus, molecular methods indicate that at the global level, the kingdom Fungi is one of the most species-rich of the major eukaryotic lineages.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The many faces of the kingdom Fungi.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Researchers study the kingdom Fungi to better understand its impact on soil health and plant growth.

  • In the kingdom Fungi, there are over 100,000 different species identified and many more yet to be discovered.

Synonyms

fungi
vskingdom Fungi
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Living things like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts that get food from dead plants or animals

is the formal taxonomic label used for that same group
fungus kingdom
vskingdom Fungi
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A group of living things like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts that are not plants

is the conventional Latin style name for this taxonomic group

Surface Forms

kingdom Fungi singular
kingdoms Fungi plural

Morphology

kingdom + fungi

The meaning is directly compositional: 'kingdom' (a taxonomic rank) combined with 'fungi' (the group of organisms) yields the taxonomic category containing fungi, so a learner who knows both words can infer the meaning. This naming pattern for biological ranks is cross-linguistically common and formal/technical but nonetheless transparent rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

Kingdom Fungi comes from scientific naming: kingdom means a very large group and Fungi comes from the Latin word for 'mushroom'. So the name points to the big group that includes mushrooms, yeasts, and molds.