fungi phylum naming/desc

Yeasts (informal)

unicellular fungi

Molds (informal)

fungi that grow like a fuzz (produce a fuzzy-looking mycelium)

Lichens (informal)

fungi that grow as the product of a symbiotic partnership with a unicellular alga or cyanobacterium

Mycorrhizal fungi or mycorrhizae (informal)

fungi that grow symbiotically with the roots of plants; ecto/endo

Ectomycorrhizae (informal)

mycorrhizae that only interface with the outside of the plant’s roots

Endomycorrhizae (informal)

mycorrhizae that penetrate into the plant's roots to integrate directly with the its vascular system

Mushrooms (informal)

large above-ground fruiting bodies (reproductive dispersal structures) of fungi with external spores

Truffles (informal)

large, below-ground fruiting bodies with internal spores (always around trees)

Deuteromycetes (informal)

the “imperfect fungi,” so named because we were unable to identify sexual reproduction in them when we relied heavily on the reproductive features of fungi in order to formally classify them

Phylum Chytridiomycota (the chytridiomycetes, or chytrids)

live in aquatic or very moist environments; mostly unicellular with a few barely more than unicellular

Phylum Zygomycota (the zygomycetes)

the microscopic pin, sugar, and bread molds, and some ectomycorrhizal fungi

Phylum Glomeromycota (the glomeromycetes)

the endomycorrhizal fungi

Phylum Ascomycota (the ascomycetes)

the sac fungi (baker’s yeast, morels, truffles, cup fungi, powdery mildews, black molds, and some of the lichens and ectomycorrhizae)

Phylum Basidiomycota (the basidiomycetes)

the club fungi [including the true (umbrella style) mushrooms, puffballs, chantarelles, smuts, rusts, and some of the lichens and ectomycorrhizae]

Phylum Chytridiomycota

(Chytridio-) "little pot" + (-mycota) "fungi"

Phylum Zygomycota

(Zygo-) "yoke" + (-mycota) "fungi"

Phylum Glomeromycota

(Glomero-) "ball" + (-mycota) "fungi"

Phylum Ascomycota

(Asco-) "sac" + (-mycota) "fungi"

Phylum Basidiomycota

(Basidio-) "little pedestal" + (-mycota) "fungi"