Definition of Fungus kingdom

1. Noun. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Fungus Kingdom

fungoids
fungological
fungologist
fungologists
fungology
fungosities
fungosity
fungous
fungous foot
fungs
fungus
fungus ball
fungus family
fungus genus
fungus gnat
fungus kingdom (current term)
fungus order
funguses
funguslike
fungusproof
fungusproofed
fungusproofing
funhouses
funic
funicle
funicles
funicular
funicular graft

Literary usage of Fungus kingdom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields ...by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"... Fungi belong to the fungus Kingdom, though they used to be classified as plants. Fungi are uninucleate or multinucleate, eukaryotic organisms with their ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"... and the question, therefore, presented itself as to what free acid or acid salt could be so widely distributed throughout the fungus kingdom. ..."

3. Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants by Margaret Plues (1864)
"... of of the fungus kingdom, where the dangerous members of the dust class are to be found. Here is Smut (U. segetum), which takes its rise within the ..."

4. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"At this time Elias Fries' classic work was published including all the known varieties of the fungus kingdom with clear diagnoses of genera and species. ..."

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