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nounthe taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
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- order blastocladiales fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
- mastigomycotina fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota
- thelephoraceae fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
- ceratostomataceae fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks
- tremellales fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic
- genus claviceps fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
- family polyporaceae fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
- gasteromycetes fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
- auriculariaceae fungi having gelatinous sporophores
- albuginaceae fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants