Introduction to Fungi
This text provides a brief introduction to characteristics of fungi, classifications of fungi, ecology of fungi, fungal parasites and pathogens, and importance of fungi in human life.
Topics
- arbuscular mycorrhiza
- Arbuscular mycorrhizae
- ascocarp
- Ascomycota
- basidiocarp
- Basidiomycota
- basidium
- Chytridiomycota
- coenocytic hypha
- commensalism
- Deuteromycota
- ectomycorrhiza
- Ectomycorrhizae
- facultative anaerobes
- Glomeromycota
- haustoria
- heterothallic
- homothallic
- hypha
- karyogamy
- lichen
- mold
- mycelium
- mycetismus
- mycology
- mycorrhiza
- mycorrhizae
- mycosis
- mycotoxicosis
- obligate aerobes
- obligate anaerobes
- parasitism
- plasmogamy
- saprobe
- septa
- soredia
- sporangium
- spore
- thallus
- yeast
- Zygomycota
- zygospore
- animal parasite
- animal pathogen
- antifungal
- asocarp
- asomycota
- basidiomycota
- chytrid
- chytridiomycota
- club fungi
- coevolution of plants and mycorrhizae
- conjugated fungi
- decomposer
- deuteromycota
- dikaryon
- dutch elm disease
- ecosystem
- food fungi
- fungal infection
- fungal parasite
- fungal pathogen
- fungi
- fungi asexual reproduction
- fungi beverage
- fungi cell structure
- fungi characteristics
- fungi ecology
- fungi growth
- fungi habitat
- fungi nutrition
- fungi reproduction
- fungi sexual reproduction
- fungivore
- fungus
- fungus animal mutualism
- fungus plant mutualism
- glomeromycota
- hyphae
- imperfect fungi
- industrial fungi
- model organism
- mutual relationship
- mycologist
- plant parasite
- plant pathogen
- recycler
- sac fungi
- septum
- zygomycete
- zygomycota