Talk:Fungus
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Linnaean Taxonomy vs. Biology
Linnaean Taxonomy previously linked to Biology- surely this subject desrves it's own page? quercus robur
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Someone's been taking information about basidiomycetes and applying it to all fungi.
Please don't use second-level headings in place of top-level headings. See Guide to Layout. -Smack
Chytrids
My biology book explicitly says that the chytrids have been included on the strength of some new evidence, but I don't remember whether it was genetic or biochemical. -Smack 17:14 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- The bit about their exclusion was meant to be past tense. There's both genetic and biochemical evidence linking the chytrids to the other fungi, but this in and of itself doesn't determine how they are classified. Many systems have treated the chytrids as protists which gave rise to the other fungi, just as choanoflagellates gave rise to the animals and green algae to the plants. The shift has more to do with the move towards phylogenetic rather than structural kingdoms. --Josh
Butt rot
Is "butt rot" a real fungi disease or vandalism? Crusadeonilliteracy 13:41, 11 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Apparently it's real [says Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22butt%20rot%22)]!
The medical name is actually ganoderma.--Menchi 02:55, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Correction: Ganoderma is a genus of fungus (of the family Ganodermataceae, order Aphyllophorales, subclass Holobasidiomycetidae, class Hymenomycetes), one of its species causes butt rot. Another, G. applanatum, causes heart rot. --Menchi 06:00, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- It is very much real. While doing research for a biology paper, I dug up a study of windfall trees in Denmark, and that's how I learned of this phenomenon. Thanks Menchi, I will work the other term into the article. -Smack 05:46, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Division vs. Phylum
My freshman book (Campbell's Biology) uses phylum over division for fungi. I'm not 100% sure of what to use, but considering that this kingdom is more closely related to animals than to plants and the definition of division is (from m-w.com) "a group of organisms forming part of a larger group; specifically : a primary category of the plant kingdom", phylum would seem to make more sense. Any ideas? Shawnb 23:13, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I think division was used traditionally for fungi because of fungus' vegetative characteristics. However, the 800-page Introductory Mycology by Alexopoulos et al uses phylum for all fungal major groups. --Menchi 23:41, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Because fungi were originally considered plants, their classification follows the botanical code, which traditionally uses divisions. This still applies to them, even though they're recognized as a separate group. However, newer versions of the botanical code allow division and phylum to be used interchangeably, to make things more compatable with the other codes. So either one is appropriate. Josh
Hard to Kill
It has been my impression that fungal infections (in humans at least) are much harder to treat, in general, than bacterial infections. Assuming this is true, can someone add something to this article explaining why this is? --User:Orporg, March 2005
- I think you are correct. I'm not a doctor, so I'm not the one to write that up, but consider that many if not most antibiotics (= anti-bacteria) come from fungi - Marshman 04:40, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Since many stuff that can kill fungal cells effectively can also kill human cells, it's hard to find one that is only fungicidal and not homocidal. --Menchi 08:52, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Rice fungus
I have searched around for Rice fungus article it and seem none currently exist. This article can supplies lots of information when one of get a chance to scribe one. [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4466783.stm)
poisonous mushrooms
i'm about to revert after this post; the "other" referred to a)edible mushrooms which are certainly not poisonous; b)psychedelic hallucinogenic mushrooms such as the psilocybes, which contain psilocybin, like many hallucinogens NOT at all poisonous; and c) the fly agaric or amanita muscaria, now considered to be considerably less poisonous than once thought. Most importantly, many hallucinogens, particularly the tryptamines, which include psilocybin as well as, say, serotonin, are not at all poisonous in any quantity that a human could actually consume. Please do some independent research before buying into War on drugs propaganda and misinformation. Many drugs are very poisonous; hallucinogenic tryptamines simply are not. thank you. --Heah 03:11, 4 May 2005 (UTC)