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Fungi were listed in the Plant Kingdom for many years. Then scientists learned that fungi show a closer relation to animals, but are unique and separate life forms. Now, Fungi are placed in their own Kingdom. It is a hidden kingdom. The part of the fungus that we see is only the fruit of the organism. The living body of the fungus is a mycelium made out of a web of tiny filaments called hyphae. (Utah State University)
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What is a fungus? To answer this question, let's start with something familiar: a common mushroom. Everyone has seen mushrooms in gardens or fields and knows that they mostly appear in autumn, with each mushroom lasting for a short time before rotting away to a sloppy mess. Typically, there's a stem, a cap and gills under the cap. When you look at such a mushroom growing out of the ground, you are looking at just part of a fungus - not the whole organism. The rest of the organism (often 90% or more) is underground and consists of a network of microscopically thin "threads" which spread through the soil. An individual thread is called a hypha and the network of hyphae is called a mycelium. The mycelium is there throughout the year, feeding and expanding.
Fungi are eukaryotic microorganisms. Fungi can occur as yeasts, molds, or as a combination of both forms. Some fungi are capable of causing superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic or allergic diseases. Yeasts are microscopic fungi consisting of solitary cells that reproduce by budding. Molds, in contrast, occur in long filaments known as hyphae, which grow by apical extension. Hyphae can be sparsely septate to regularly septate and possess a variable number of nuclei. Regardless of ...

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