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Section sizes

Section size for Fungus (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,835	8,835
Etymology	4,464	4,464
Characteristics	6,745	6,745
Diversity	3,353	3,353
Mycology	1,293	3,155
History	1,862	1,862
Morphology	16	4,333
Microscopic structures	2,775	2,775
Macroscopic structures	1,542	1,542
Growth and physiology	3,708	3,708
Reproduction	1,014	13,336
Asexual reproduction	917	917
Sexual reproduction	4,310	4,310
Spore dispersal	4,286	4,286
Homothallism	2,106	2,106
Other sexual processes	703	703
Evolution	9,714	9,714
Taxonomy	13,331	23,708
Taxonomic groups	7,132	7,132
Fungus-like organisms	3,245	3,245
Ecology	740	17,480
Symbiosis	452	14,516
With plants	2,589	2,589
With algae and cyanobacteria	2,190	2,190
With insects	3,787	3,787
As parasites	2,556	2,556
As pathogens	1,831	1,831
As targets of mycoparasites	1,111	1,111
Communication	1,432	1,432
Possible impact on climate	792	792
Mycotoxins	2,127	2,127
Pathogenic mechanisms	2,582	2,582
Human use	4,433	19,279
Therapeutic uses	600	4,496
Modern chemotherapeutics	171	3,896
Antibiotics	1,605	1,605
Other	2,120	2,120
Traditional medicine	1,082	1,082
Cultured foods	1,048	1,048
In food	1,952	1,952
Poisonous fungi	1,979	1,979
Pest control	2,009	2,009
Bioremediation	557	557
Model organisms	1,169	1,169
Others	554	554
See also	256	256
References	15	79,953
Citations	78,452	78,452
Cited literature	1,486	1,486
Further reading	479	479
External links	1,406	1,406
Total	204,913	204,913

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

RM, Fungus → Fungi, Not moved, 16 December 2007, discussion
RM, Fungus → Fungi, Not moved, 24 October 2022, discussion

what kind of gametes?

The article sz fungi have gametes, but no mention of what kind. Sperm and ova, or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BC65:55B9:88D8:E7B6:356D:9359 (talk) 15:28, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article mating in fungi covers this. Not all fungi have the same types of gametes, and many are isogamous, meaning that they don't have distinct sperm & ova. Lavateraguy (talk) 13:21, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Biology

What is the kingdom of fungus 103.179.247.208 (talk) 16:43, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is defined in the first paragraph of the article. - Donald Albury 17:43, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is Kingdom Fungi. Also, I have proposed to move the article to Fungi for the same reason, since it is consistent with Bacteria, to which Bacterium is a redirect. The same should be for Protista and Protist. —CrafterNova ^{[ TALK ] [ CONT ]} 06:33, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 October 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW is falling. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 03:39, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fungus → Fungi – Per the move of Bacterium to Bacteria, done by Fawcett5 in this edit, name of kingdom is "Bacteria", not "Bacterium". The only exception in this case is Virus, because viruses are not classified under any kingdom. Likewise, I think Protist should also be moved to Protista, but the latter is a fully protected redirect. —CrafterNova ^{[ TALK ] [ CONT ]} 06:30, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:SINGULAR, article titles generally use the singular form. The Bacterium/Bacteria example isn't a very good comparison, as that falls under an explicit exception to WP:SINGULAR found at WP:PLURAL, where the singular form is very uncommon. This article does not fall under that exception, as the singular form here is relatively common. Additionally, moving this article to the plural form isn't a great idea since this subject has 2 accepted plural forms. And as far as kingdoms go, both Plant and Animal use a singular title. Additionally, Britannica also titles their article "fungus"[1]. Rreagan007 (talk) 07:46, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. Wikipedia uses common names (when they exist) for article titles rather than the taxon names. I think this is unfortunate, especially when articles are more technical, but the policy is clear. Plant and Animal instead of Plantae and Animalia. Bacteria is also the more common term used, as bacterium is rarely used. A case might be possible if fungi is used more commonly than fungus, but I don't think this is the case. — Jts1882 | talk 11:01, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for the reasons given above. But you would be surprised by just how many of our readers don't know that "bacteria" is the plural. Graham Beards (talk) 11:30, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:06, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Article titles should be in singular form unless the plural form is more common. JIP | Talk 11:01, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per discussion. there's a fungus among us. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:01, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Rreagan007, like Louse it may be more common in the plural but its easy to talk about a single fungus as well as a genus like honey fungus. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:34, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. WP:SINGULAR and WP:COMMONNAME. In addition, the Bacterium → Bacteria move occurred in 2005, a considerable amount of time before Wikipedia's WP:NC policies started evolving; it may be time to challenge that title! (I think Bacteria is the correct location though since in that case, WP:COMMONNAME trumps WP:SINGULAR.) Steel1943 (talk) 07:38, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

When was Fungi classified as seperate from Plants?

In article: "In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants." Soucre? And when did this happen? Flasher702 (talk) 10:36, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Read the article! It's under Taxonomy and a source is given.Graham Beards (talk) 11:02, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When did this happen? – I think the first system with Kingdom Fungi separated from plants was the system of R. H. Whittaker from 1969 ([2]; [3]; [4]) but there may be some older reference. --Petr Karel (talk) 12:41, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chromista

The chromista article itself describes chromista as a proposed kingdom. Is it really appropriate to reference it here as part of a "traditional" classification? 2601:282:1780:1AEA:4E36:758F:40D2:E997 (talk) 08:31, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2023

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

This concerns the last sentence of the first paragraph under the headline "etymology". The sentence in question:

> […] the root is also used in other languages, such as the German Schwamm ('sponge') and Schimmel ('mold').

The hyperlinks of Schwamm and Schimmel both point here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schwamm#German

Presumably, the latter link (Schimmel) should point here instead: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schimmel#German

Much obliged, hh3k0 Hh3k0 (talk) 02:04, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you, - FlightTime (open channel) 02:14, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]