FUN'GUS
\fˈʌnɡəs], \fˈʌnɡəs], \f_ˈʌ_n_ɡ_ə_s]\
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PI. fungi, A member of the subkingdom of the vegetable kingdom without stems, leaves, or roots, including some forty thousand species. They are without chlorophyll, do not assimilate CO2, are usually parasitic, and are composed either of single cells, or filaments, called hyphae.
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A mushroom or a plant of similar nature.
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An exuberant, soft, spongy outgrowth.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).