Fungi

Definition: Fungi

Fungi

Noun

1. The taxonomic kingdom of lower plants.

2. (pun) the one who buys the drinks.

Date "Fungi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Specialty Definition: Fungi

Domain	Definition
Energy	Plant-like organisms with cells with distinct nuclei surrounded by nuclear membranes, incapable of photosynthesis. Fungi are decomposers of waste organisms and exist as yeast, mold, or mildew. (references)
Health	A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live as saprobes or parasites, including mushrooms, yeasts, smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi refer to those that grow as multicelluar colonies (mushrooms and molds). (references)
Weather	Molds, mildews, yeasts, mushrooms, and puffballs, a group of organisms that lack chlorophyll and therefore are not photosynthetic. They are usually nonmobile, filamentous, and multicellular. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Fungi

Synonyms: fungus kingdom (n), kingdom Fungi (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fungi

English words defined with "Fungi": basidiomycetous fungi ♦ Fungi imperfecti. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Fungi": Fungi, Unclassified ♦ Mitosporic Fungi. (references)

Etymologies containing "Fungi": Perfunctory. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Fungi" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (Algae and Fungi, be engaged in, discharge, execute, fungi, Fungi, Unclassified, fungus, funguses, mushroom, Mushrooms, perform, Shiitake Mushrooms).

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Modern Usage: Fungi

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Microscopic Fungi (1960)

The Fungi Cellars (1923)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fungi

Domain	Title
Books	Fungi (Evergreen) (reference) Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (reference) Mushrooms of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest: Non-Gilled Hymenomycetes, Boletes, Chanterelles, Coral Fungi, Polypores and Spine Fungi\Agaricales and (reference) Non-Timber Forest Products: Medicinal Herbs, Fungi, Edible Fruits and Nuts, and Other Natural Products from the Forest (reference) Slayers, Saviors, Servants, and Sex: An Expose of Kingdom Fungi (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Index Of Fungi (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Fungi

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Photo Album: Fungi

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Coccidioides immitis fungi are visible within granuloma. Credit: CDC.		Methenamine silver stain reveals Histoplasma capsulatum fungi. Credit: CDC.
	Yellow fungi at the base of a tree. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Does the thought of socks and underwear conjure up concerns about bacteria? Yes, microbes can reside and multiply in textile fabrics. But no matter-ARS researchers have developed treatments for cotton textiles with compounds containing peroxides. they resist bacteria and, as a bonus, resist fungi that cause athlete's foot. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Plant pathologist Rick Bennett examines fungi that may be used for biological control of pernicious weeds. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		A closeup look at Burke, the latest pinto bean from ARS and university plant scientists. It resists a host of harmful fungi and viruses that can otherwise cheat growers of a bountiful harvest. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Root-rotting fungi can weaken, stunt, or kill sugar beet plants. Here, geneticist Leonard Panella evaluates sugar beet plants for resistance to the fungal disease Rhizoctonia root rot. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		Fungi. Credit: T. Hogervorst.
	Fungi. Credit: T. Hogervorst.		[Isolating pathogenic fungi from oral specimens]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fungi

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Fungi, which are primitive plant forms, include yeasts and molds. (references)
		These sores can sometimes become infected with bacteria or fungi. (references)
		Some people with fungal sinusitis have an allergic-type reaction to the fungi. (references)
Economic History	Denmark	Best potential exist for asparagus and fungi. (references)
	Ukraine	Over 30+ACU- of the annual harvest is lost due to controllable insects, fungi and weeds. (references)
Trade	Philippines	Category I includes: bakery & bakery related products; non-alcoholic beverages & beverage mixes; candies & confectionery products; cocoa & cocoa related products; coffee, tea & non-dairy creamer; condiments, sauces & seasonings; culinary products; gelatin, dessert preparation & mixes; dairy products; dressings & spreads; flour/flour mixes & starch; fish & other marine products; fruits, vegetable & edible fungi (prepared); meat and poultry products (prepared); noodles, pastas & pastry wrapper; nut & nut products; native delicacies; oils, fats & shortening; snack foods & breakfast cereals and; sugar & other related products. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fungi

"Fungi" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 70.96% of the time. "Fungi" is used about 272 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	70.96%	193	22,089
Noun (singular)	27.94%	76	38,217
Noun (proper)	0.74%	2	245,945
Adjective (general or positive)	0.37%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	272	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Fungi

Expressions using "Fungi": Algae and Fungi ♦ basidiomycetous fungi ♦ coral fungi ♦ fungi imperfecti ♦ kingdom Fungi ♦ Mitosporic Fungi. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Fungi": fungi-beer.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fungi

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fungi	509	info on fungi	8
fungi reino	153	fungi picture skin	8
fungi picture	37	fungi identification	8
fungi kingdom	29	el fungi reino	7
fungi mold	22	type of fungi	6
fungi nail	21	fungi hongos los reino	6
mushroom fungi	13	fungi photo	6
fungi kindom	13	lawn fungi	6
mycorrhizal fungi	13	fungi fact	6
skin fungi	12	fungi and infection	6
foot fungi	12	pic of fungi	5
fungi perfecti	12	bracket fungi	5
plant fungi	10	fungi toenail	4
fungi information	9	fungi sac	4
classification of fungi	9	fungi characteristic	4
fungi cure	9	fungi life cycle	4
tree fungi	8	fungi disease	4
fungi imperfecti	8	fungi mold picture	4
edible fungi	8	fungi image	4
fungi taxonomy	8	fungi structure	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fungi

Language		Translations for "Fungi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		霉 (bacteria, moldy), 黴 (bacteria, moldy), 真菌 (fungous, fungus, Funguses). (various references)

Danish		fungi, svampe (mushrooms). (various references)

Dutch		fungi, zwammen (mushrooms), schimmels (mushrooms). (various references)

Finnish		sienet (mushrooms). (various references)

French		fungi, champignons. (various references)

German		Fungi, Pilze (fungal, mushrooms). (various references)

Greek		μύκητες (fungus, mushrooms). (various references)

Italian		fungi, funghi (mushrooms). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		菌類 (fungus). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"き�" (a relative, credit union, familiarity, fungus, heart muscle, myocardium, protractor muscle), き�"るい (fungus). (various references)

Korean		� 류 (fungus, Funguses). (various references)

Pig Latin		ungifay

Portuguese		fungos, fungo (bunting, fungus, mushroom). (various references)

Russian		грибки. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gljive. (various references)

Spanish		fungi, setas (mushrooms), hongos (mushrooms). (various references)

Swedish		svampar (mushrooms). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fungi

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	fungi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fungi

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Fungi": fungibilities, fungibility, fungible, fungibles, fungic, fungicidal, fungicidally, fungicide, fungicides, fungiform, fungistatic. (additional references)
	Words ending with "Fungi": microfungi. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fungi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bungi, dungi, faggi, fanga, fange, fango, fangu, fangy, Fengmin, Fengu, fenig, Fenzi, fingy, flunge, fng, fnung, fong, fongii, frung, fudgy, fuege, fugi, fugis, fugo, fuige, fuigi, fundi, fung, Funge, funghi, fungii, fungir, fungl, fungli, fungo, fungy, funi, Funia, funji, funni, funti, furni, jungi, Mfunjo, Ugni, unig. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Fungi

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-g-i-n-u"
	-2 letters: fig, fin, fug, fun, gin, gnu, gun.
	-3 letters: if, in, nu, un.
	Words containing the letters "f-g-i-n-u"
	+1 letter: feuing, fuming, fungic, fusing, fuzing, ingulf.
	+2 letters: buffing, cuffing, feuding, fluking, fluming, fluting, fluxing, fouling, fubbing, fucking, fudging, fueling, fugging, fugling, fuguing, fulling, funding, fungoid, funking, funning, furling, furring, fussing, futzing, fuzzing, gainful, gulfing, gunfire, huffing, ingulfs, luffing, muffing, puffing, ruffing, surfing, tufting, turfing, upfling.
	+3 letters: bluffing, chuffing, defusing, defuzing, effusing, faulting, feruling, figuline, figurant, figurine, figuring, flouring, flouting, flubbing, fluffing, flumping, flunking, flushing, flutings, focusing, foulings, founding, frugging, fruiting, fuddling, fuelling, fumbling, fumigant, fumingly, fungible, fungoids, furrings, gruffing, gunfight, gunfires, gunflint, infought, infrugal, infusing, ingulfed, lungfish, muffling, purfling, quaffing, refuging, refusing, refuting, ruffling, scuffing, sluffing, snafuing, snuffing, stuffing, surfings, unfading, unfixing, ungifted, unifying, upflings.
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