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The kingdom Fungi comprises not only the more familiar mushrooms and toadstools but also lichens, moulds, rusts, smuts and rot. In fact what we see are the fruiting bodies of the fungi,these being supported by a network of root-like strands called hyphae beneath the surface. Most fungi are saprobes, breaking down organic material and especially wood. Some are parasites and may be significant agents of plant or animal disease and some form a mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of plants. The phylum Basidiomycota includes the common mushrooms and toadstools, puffballs and bracket fungi and the phylum Ascomycota includes truffles, morels and other fungi with cup-shaped, club-shaped or various strangely-shaped fruiting bodies. There is great diversity in shape of these and their appearance may not be a good guide to their classification. The other main phyla are the Zygomycota or pin-moulds and the Chytridiomycota whose members are mostly aquatic, some being parasites. Modern genetic analysis is showing unexpected relationships between disparate groups and demonstrating that what had been thought to be closely related groups are actually far apart. The Fungi are now thought to be more closely related to the animal kingdom than the plant kingdom. Subcategories are organized according to the taxon tree: - Divisions -- Families --- Genera

Subcategories

• Ascomycota
• Basidiomycota
• Chytridiomycota
• Deuteromycota
• Fungi imperfecti
• Glomeromycota
• Lichens
• Myxomycota
• Neocallimastigomycota
• Oomycota
• Zygomycota

Resources in This Category

• A Closer Look at Mushrooms

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct98/mushr.html
  Photographic introduction to fungi including photomicrographs of gills, pores and ascopores.

• A Few Facts about Fungi

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCELLANEOUS/facts.htm
  Fungi affect all aspects of life. Here are some of the things not commonly known about them.

• CABI Bioscience Databases: Index Fungorum

  http://www.indexfungorum.org/
  Searchable taxonomic databases of the fungi.

• Deuteromycetes or Fungi imperfecti

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2005.html
  Article on these fungi which which only reproduce asexually and can be found and cultured from such unexpected places as coins and bank notes.

• Digital Photography for the Field Mycologist

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun04/phfungi.html
  Article by Paul F Hamlyn on identifying fungi, making spore prints and examining spores under the microscope, with photographic images.

• Discover Life: Fungi

  http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Fungi
  Checklists, images, and identification guides for fungi.

• Fungi of Poland

  http://www.grzyby.pl/
  Photographs and description of thousands species of macrofungi growing in Poland and Central Europe. Includes a determination key. In English and Polish.

• Fungi Online

  http://www.fungionline.org.uk/
  Provides an introduction to the biology of fungi for students or anyone with an interest in this Kingdom.

• Fungi that are Necessary for a Merry Christmas

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/xmas.html
  Light hearted look at the many uses fungi are put to in everyday life.

• Fungus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi
  An illustrated article from Wikipedia on this Kingdom which covers organisms as diverse as mushrooms, bakers yeast, wood decay fungi and penicillium.

• Girdwood Fungus Fair

  http://www.fungusfair.com/
  The official site for this event with up to date information and pictures of common, edible, or interesting mushrooms of Girdwood Alaska.

• Hyphomycetes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphomycetes
  Information from Wikipedia on this class of fungi in the phylum Deuteromycota that lack fruiting bodies.

• I Love Fungi

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/hufungi1.html
  Photographic article by M. Halit Umar on the theme that life is a continuous interaction between organisms.

• Introduction to the Fungi

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html
  Brief introduction to this kingdom with links to further information.

• Macrofungi of Costa Rica

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/
  Images and keys for mushrooms and other forms found in the regions of Costa Rica that have been explored by the authors. Several images of common as well as unusual and apparently new species.

• Mushroom Poisoning

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISC2003/andrus.htm
  A personal account of the result of failing to properly identify a fungus before eating it.

• Mycorrhizas and Symbiosis

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan01/symbiosis.html
  Article by M. Halit Umar on the cooperative arrangements between various fungi and the roots of green plants, with photomicrographs showing the processes involved.

• Predatory Fungi, Wood Decay and the Carbon Cycle

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISC2003/feb03.htm
  Well illustrated article by George Barron outlining his research into wood-rotting fungi which attack nematodes and other micro-organisms for food.

• Sporocarp

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogeous
  Information from Wikipedia on the fruiting bodies of fungi, with photographs of the basidiocarps of Amanita muscaria and an ascocarp of Sarcoscypha austriaca.

• The Biology of Resurrection: Life After Death in Fungi

  http://employees.csbsju.edu/SSAUPE/essays/anhydriobiosis.htm
  Notes from a seminar given by Stephen G. Saupe on the ability some fungi have to revive after dessication, leading to the conclusion that life is nothing more, nothing less than the arrangement of certain molecules

• The Fifth Kingdom

  http://www.mycolog.com/fifthtoc.html
  Introduction to the world of fungi for both amateurs and experts. Includes over 800 photographs.

• Tom Volk’s Fungi

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/
  A quirky view on all things mycological, including a large image collection. An excellent resource.

• Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi

  http://www.fungiphoto.com/
  Beautiful, educational, and artistic photographs of mushrooms and other fungi by Taylor F. Lockwood. Includes an online game and a stock photo catalogue.

• Types of Fungi

  http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/fungi/types1.htm
  Illustrated notes explaining the difference between Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes.

• Wild Mushrooms Online

  http://www.wildmushroomsonline.co.uk/
  Provides information on the identification of edible and poisonous wild mushrooms in the UK, where to find them and how to pick them.

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