kingdom fungi
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1. the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | kingdom, |
| definition | : | the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | fungus family, |
| definition | : | includes lichen families (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | fungus genus, |
| definition | : | includes lichen genera (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | fungus order, |
| definition | : | the order of fungi (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | division gymnomycota, division myxomycota, gymnomycota, myxomycota, |
| definition | : | slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | phycomycetes, phycomycetes group, |
| definition | : | a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | division lichenes, lichenes, |
| definition | : | comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | division eumycota, eumycota, |
| definition | : | true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi) (noun.plant) |
| domain member category | : | tremella reticulata, |
| definition | : | a jelly fungus with an erect whitish fruiting body and a highly variable shape (sometimes resembling coral fungi) (noun.plant) |
| domain member category | : | annulus, skirt, |
| definition | : | (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar (noun.plant) |
| domain member category | : | saprophytic, |
| definition | : | (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter (adj.all) |
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