A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies.
    

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A fungus (Agaricus laevis): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.

Cryptococcus cyst from a brain biopsy

A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.

A fungus (Agaricus gloiocephalus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

A fungus (Pleurotus dryinus): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.

Anatomie humaine : parasitologie : morhologie végétale.

Text-book of the diseases of trees / by Professor R. Hartig .. ; translated by William Somerville ... revised and ed., with a preface, by H. Marshall Ward.

Krankheiten durch Aktinomyzeten und verwandte Erreger : Wechselwirkung zwischen pathogenen Pilzen und Wirtsorganismus Vorträge der 4. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung in Freiburg im Breisgau am 30. und 31. Oktober 1964 / hrsg, von H.-J. Heite.

Technical mycology : the utilization of micro-organisms in the arts and manufactures a practical handbook on fermentation and fermentative processes, for the use of brewers and distillers, analysts, technical and agricultural chemists, pharmacists, and all interested in the industries dependent on fermentation / by Franz Lafar ; translated by Charles T.C. Salter.

A plain and easy account of British fungi : with especial reference to the esculent and economic species / by M.C. Cooke.

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Anatomie humaine : parasitologie : morhologie végétale.

Text-book of the diseases of trees / by Professor R. Hartig .. ; translated by William Somerville ... revised and ed., with a preface, by H. Marshall Ward.

Krankheiten durch Aktinomyzeten und verwandte Erreger : Wechselwirkung zwischen pathogenen Pilzen und Wirtsorganismus Vorträge der 4. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung in Freiburg im Breisgau am 30. und 31. Oktober 1964 / hrsg, von H.-J. Heite.

A plain and easy account of British fungi : with especial reference to the esculent and economic species / by M.C. Cooke.