Importance of Fungi in Human Life
This text discusses the importance of fungi to the balance of the environment, the role of fungi in agriculture & food & beverage preparation, the importance of fungi in the chemical & pharmaceutical industries, and the role of fungi as model organisms.
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
- model organism
- food fungi
- fungi beverage
- fungus
- industrial fungi
- fungi