Fungi

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Proper noun 1.4 Related terms 2 Latin 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb

English

Etymology

Latin fungus mushroom

Noun

fungi

1. plural of fungus

Proper noun

Fungi

1. a taxonomic kingdom, within domain Eukaryota - the mushrooms and funguses - over 100,000 species of organisms that are similar to plants but do not contain chlorophyll

Related terms

• kingdoms
  • Animalia
  • Plantae
  • Protista
• phyla
  • Ascomycota
  • Basidiomycota
  • Chytridiomycota
  • Zygomycota
  • Glomeromycota

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Latin

Noun

fungi (genitive and locative singular, nominative and vocative plural)

1. Fungus, mushroom

Verb

fungi (passive)

1. to perform or execute