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Systematic and Nomenclature

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Welcome to the (former) GBIF Data Portal Access 416,242,316 data records (363,215,360 with coordinates) shared via the GBIF network. To learn how to use this site, please see About. Explore Species Find data for a species or other group of organisms. Species Example species: Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) Explore Countries Countries See data for: France. Fungal Planet. Homepage Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. CBS fungal Biodiversity centre: Home. ECBOL.org : European Consortium for the Barcode Of Life. National Center for Biotechnology Information. MycoBank, the fungal website. PERSOONIA - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi.

Fungi. Introduction The organisms of the fungal lineage include mushrooms, rusts, smuts, puffballs, truffles, morels, molds, and yeasts, as well as many less well-known organisms (Alexopoulos et al., 1996). More than 70,000 species of fungi have been described; however, some estimates of total numbers suggest that 1.5 million species may exist (Hawksworth, 1991; Hawksworth et al., 1995). As the sister group of animals and part of the eukaryotic crown group that radiated about a billion years ago, the fungi constitute an independent group equal in rank to that of plants and animals. They share with animals the ability to export hydrolytic enzymes that break down biopolymers, which can be absorbed for nutrition.

Rather than requiring a stomach to accomplish digestion, fungi live in their own food supply and simply grow into new food as the local environment becomes nutrient depleted. Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships References.