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    Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and have unique cell structures, such as cell walls and cell membranes, distinguishing them from plants. Fungi come in a wide range of sizes, from microscopic to shelves and mushrooms over 25 cm tall. They play important roles in nature through decomposition and have been used by humans for baking, brewing, and molding foods for centuries. Common examples of fungi include mushrooms, molds, and shelf fungi.

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    Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and have unique cell structures, such as cell walls and cell membranes, distinguishing them from plants. Fungi come in a wide range of sizes, from microscopic to shelves and mushrooms over 25 cm tall. They play important roles in nature through decomposition and have been used by humans for baking, brewing, and molding foods for centuries. Common examples of fungi include mushrooms, molds, and shelf fungi.

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    Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and have unique cell structures, such as cell walls and cell membranes, distinguishing them from plants. Fungi come in a wide range of sizes, from microscopic to shelves and mushrooms over 25 cm tall. They play important roles in nature through decomposition and have been used by humans for baking, brewing, and molding foods for centuries. Common examples of fungi include mushrooms, molds, and shelf fungi.

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    Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and have unique cell structures, such as cell walls and cell membranes, distinguishing them from plants. Fungi come in a wide range of sizes, from microscopic to shelves and mushrooms over 25 cm tall. They play important roles in nature through decomposition and have been used by humans for baking, brewing, and molding foods for centuries. Common examples of fungi include mushrooms, molds, and shelf fungi.

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    FUNGUS

    ORGANISM

    FUNGI
    Body structure, Definition, Types & Facts
    Definition

    » Fungi are eukaryotic organisms; i.e., their cells


    contain membrane-bound organelles and
    clearly defined nuclei. Historically, fungi were
    included in the plant kingdom; however, » Praesent venenatis quam tortor, viverra nunc rutrum.
    because fungi lack chlorophyll and are • Maecenas malesuada ultricies sapien sit amet pharetra.
    distinguished by unique structural and • Nunc tempus, risus sodales hendrerit, arcu dolor commodo
    physiological features (i.e., components of the  libero, a sollicitudin quam nulla quis lectus. In at porta
    mauris.
    cell wall and cell membrane), they have been
    separated from plants.

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    FORM AND FUNCTION OF FUNGI

    Size range
    » The mushrooms, because of their size, are easily
    seen in fields and forests and consequently were
    the only fungi known before the invention of the 
    microscope in the 17th century. The microscope
    made it possible to recognize and identify the
    great variety of fungal species living on dead or
    live organic matter. The part of a fungus that is
    generally visible is the fruiting body, or 
    sporophore. Some mushrooms reach a diameter
    of 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 inches) and a height of 25
    to 30 cm (10 to 12 inches). Bracket, or shelf, fungi
    can reach 40 cm (16 inches) or more in diameter.

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    IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI

    » Humans have been indirectly aware of fungi since


    the first loaf of leavened bread was baked and the
    first tub of grape must was turned into wine.
    Ancient peoples were familiar with the ravages of
    fungi in agriculture but attributed these diseases
    to the wrath of the gods. The Romans designated
    a particular deity, Robigus, as the god of rust and,
    in an effort to appease him, organized an annual
    festival, the Robigalia, in his honour.

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    Mushrooms

    While mushrooms and toadstools (poisonous mushrooms) are


    by no means the most numerous or economically significant
    fungi, they are the most easily recognized. The Latin word for 
    mushroom, fungus (plural fungi), has come to stand for the
    whole group. Similarly, the study of fungi is known as 
    mycology—a broad application of the Greek word for
    mushroom, mykēs. Fungi other than mushrooms are
    sometimes collectively called molds, although this term is
    better restricted to fungi of the sort represented by 
    bread mold. (For information about slime molds, which exhibit
    features of both the animal and the fungal worlds, see protist.)

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