page_title: Fungus
hierarchical_section_title: Fungus
caption_attribution_description: English: The coral fungus Clavaria zollingeri Lév. Specimen photographed in Babcock State Park, Fayette Co., West Virginia, USA. Čeština: Houba Kuřátko Zollingerovo (Clavaria zollingeri) z řádu lupenotvarých. Fotografie pořízena v Babcock State Park v americké Západní Virgínii, houba se velmi vzácně vyskytuje i v České republice. Français&#160;: Un carpophore de Clavaire de Zollinger (Clavaria zollingeri Lév.). Photo prise dans le Babcock State Park, en Virginie Occidentale (États-Unis). 中文: 堇紫珊瑚菌, 攝於美國西維吉尼亞法葉特郡巴布科克州立公園.
context_page_description: A fungus is a kind of living organism: yeasts, moulds and mushrooms that exist as a single filamentous or multicellular body. The filament is known as hyphae multinuclear with cell wall containing chitin or cellulose or both, others are parasitic saprophytic on other organisms and reproduce sexually and asexually.
  The fungi are a separate kingdom of living things, different from animals and plants.
  Fungi have cells with nuclei. Their cell walls contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants, which contain cellulose. These and other differences show that the fungi form a single group of related organisms, called the Eumycota or Eumycetes. They share a common ancestor and are monophyletic group.
  Their basic mode of life is saprophytic: a fungus breaks down dead organic matter around it, and uses it as food.ᵖ¹⁰⁷
context_section_description: A fungus (plural: fungi) is a kind of living organism: yeasts, moulds and mushrooms that exist as a  single filamentous or multicellular body. The filament is known as hyphae multinuclear with cell wall containing chitin or cellulose or both, others are parasitic saprophytic on other organisms and reproduce sexually and asexually.
  The fungi are a separate kingdom of living things, different from animals and plants.
  Fungi have cells with nuclei. Their cell walls contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants, which contain cellulose. These and other differences show that the fungi form a single group of related organisms, called the Eumycota or Eumycetes. They share a common ancestor and are monophyletic group.
  Their basic mode of life is saprophytic: a fungus breaks down dead organic matter around it, and uses it as food.ᵖ¹⁰⁷
caption: The coral fungus Clavaria zollingeri in Babcock State Park,  West Virginia, USA.
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