Pseudofungi

See also: pseudofungi

Translingual

Etymology

pseudo- (“false”) +‎ Fungi

Proper noun

Pseudofungi

Chromists with some resemblance to fungi (hyphae and osmotrophy)
1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Heterokonta.[1]
2. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Gyrista.

Synonyms

(phylum): Oomycota, Heterokontimycotina

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum): Bigyromonadea, Hypochytrea, Oomycetes - classes[1]

References

Pseudofungi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pseudofungi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pseudofungi at Encyclopedia of Life
Pseudofungi at MycoBank
2018, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla", Protoplasma, 255:297-357, DOI 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3

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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