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nounthe taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
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- rosellinia fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores
- class gasteromycetes fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
- fistulina fungi having each pore separate though crowded
- tremella fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain
- strobilomyces fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap
- blastocladiales fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
- mastigomycota fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota
- family thelephoraceae fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
- order endomycetales fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus
- order tremellales fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic