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.
&fist; The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration
from various algæ, 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.
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.
&fist; The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration
from various algæ, 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.
