Talk:Fungi

From Wikispecies

I think we should move Myxomycetes to Protista, where I believe it is now accepted as belonging.

[edit] Introduction

The introduction should concentrate to how the fungi feed, not how they don't. The Phylogeny of Fungi section on Wikipedia's Fungus article could be incorporated here.--Jyril 20:59, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] english prose for wikipedia on hold

Fungi are a large group of organisms. There are about 100,000 species of fungi in the world. None of them contain chlorophyll, so all fungi are heterotrophic. They are often, but erroneously, identified as plants; the lack of cholorophyll is the key difference between plants and fungi. Note that though fungi are ALWAYS achlorophyllic, plants MAY be achlorophyllic as well (ex. Monotropa uniflora)