Pseudofungi

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin pseudo- (“false”) + Fungi.

Proper noun

Pseudofungi

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Heterokonta – chromists with some resemblance to fungi (hyphae and osmotrophy).

Synonyms

(phylum): Oomycota, Heterokontimycotina

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum

Hyponyms

(phylum): Bigyromonadea, Hypochytrea, Oomycetes - classes

References

Pseudofungi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pseudofungi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pseudofungi at Encyclopedia of Life
Pseudofungi at MycoBank
Oomycota at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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