The Fascinating Family of Fungus

Nearly every environmental niche has fungi, and humans are exposed to these organisms in a variety of spheres of life. When you hear the word "fungi," you automatically picture stale bread with a brownish or greenish tint on it. Mycology, which comes from the Greek word "mykes," which means mushroom, is the name science gave to the study of fungus.

The invasive propensity of fungi was originally noted in the early 19th century. Later, in 1835, scientist Bassi investigated the muscardine sickness of silkworms and established that a fungus called Beauveria bassiana was the infection's primary cause. The dermatophytic fungus were depicted in the book Les Tiegnes written by Raymond Sabouraud, the father of mycology. Numerous botanists had been intrigued by the controversy over whether fungus are plants or animals. R.H. Whittaker divided all living things into five kingdoms in 1969: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. According to tradition, the classification works like this: Kingdom Class, Order, Family, Genus, Phyla/Phylum, Subphyla, Subkingdom, Species. It's very difficult to classify things like this.

Mycology is a sorceress; as I study more about it, the more my mind is blown and the more it makes me consider the power of nature in creating such stunning but potentially lethal species. In light of this, let's examine the fundamental division of the kingdom fungus.