Definition of Kingdom fungi

1. Noun. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingdom Fungi

king tide
king tides
king vulture
king whiting
kingbird
kingbirds
kingbolt
kingbolts
kingcake
kingcraft
kingcrafts
kingcup
kingcups
kingdom
kingdom Animalia
kingdom Fungi
kingdom Monera
kingdom Plantae
kingdom Protoctista
kingdom come
kingdom of glory
kingdome
kingdomed
kingdomes
kingdomless
kingdoms
kinge
kinged
kingella
kingella kingae

Literary usage of Kingdom fungi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... nutrition are multiplied : but, as the last in the class of insects belongs to the animal kingdom, fungi ..."

2. Encyclopedia of Natural and Artificial Wonders and Curiosities: Including a by John Platts (1876)
"... as the last in the class of insects belongs to the animal kingdom, fungi ought, notwithstanding the simplicity of their organization, still to belong to ..."

3. Shakespeare's Garden by James Harvey Bloom (1903)
"... as beautiful and instructive as any other portion of the vegetable kingdom. Fungi, under the term " mushroom " and "toadstool," are, however, noticed. ..."

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