Definitions for: Fungi

[n] (pun) the one who buys the drinks
[n] the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants

Webster (1913) Definition: Fun"gi, n. pl. (Bot.)
See Fungus.

Fun"gi, n. pl. (Bot.)
A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute
of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished
by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great
variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur
in certain Phycomycetes, or so-called algal fungi.

Note: The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration
from various alg[ae], losing their chlorophyll on
assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they
are divided into the subclasses Phycomycetes, the
lower or algal fungi; the Mesomycetes, or
intermediate fungi; and the Mycomycetes, or the
higher fungi; by others into the Phycomycetes; the
Ascomycetes, or sac-spore fungi; and the
Basidiomycetes, or basidial-spore fungi.

Synonyms: fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi

See Also: division Eumycota, division Gymnomycota, division Lichenes, division Myxomycota, Eumycota, fungus, fungus family, fungus genus, fungus order, Gymnomycota, kingdom, Lichenes, Myxomycota, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group, spend-all, spender, spendthrift

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