Funga
In life sciences, funga is a recent term for the kingdom fungi similar to the longstanding fauna for animals and flora for plants. The term seeks to simplify projects oriented toward implementation of educational and conservation goals. An informal meeting held during the IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Micología resulted in a proposal for the term in 2018; alternative terms were also proposed and discussed. Funga was recommended by the IUCN in 2021. The term highlights parallel terminology referring to treatments of these macroorganisms of particular geographical areas.[1]
Funga refers to the fungi of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
The Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in August 2021 called for the recognition of fungi as one of three kingdoms of life, and critical to protecting and restoring Earth. They ask that the phrase animals and plants be replaced by animals, fungi, and plants, and fauna and flora by fauna, flora, and funga.[2][3]
The term funga had been used in the scientific literature before the later recommendation.[4][5]
References
- ^ Kuhar, Francisco; Furci, Giuliana; Drechsler-Santos, Elisandro Ricardo; Pfister, Donald H. (2018). "Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: the Fauna, Flora & Funga proposal (FF&F)". IMA Fungus. 9 (2). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: A71–A74. doi:10.1007/bf03449441. ISSN 2210-6359. S2CID 189961757.
- ^ "IUCN SSC acceptance of Fauna Flora Funga" (PDF). Fungal Conservation Committee, IUCN SSC. 2021.
The IUCN Species Survival Commission calls for the due recognition of fungi as major components of biodiversity in legislation and policy. It fully endorses the Fauna Flora Funga Initiative and asks that the phrases animals and plants and fauna and flora be replaced with animals, fungi, and plants and fauna, flora, and funga.
- ^ "Re:wild and IUCN SSC become first global organizations to call for the recognition of fungi as one of three kingdoms of life critical to protecting and restoring Earth". International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 3 August 2021.
- ^ Decker, Marianne; Nielsen, Per Væggemose (2005). "The inhibitory effect of Penicillium camemberti and Geotruchum candidum on the associated funga of white mould cheese". International Journal of Food Microbiology. 104 (1). Elsevier BV: 51–60. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2005.04.002. ISSN 0168-1605. PMID 16083983.
- ^ Lund, Flemming (1995). Mycological methods for detecting the associated funga of cheese and rye bread in relation to hygiene. Lyngby: The Mycology Group, Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark. ISBN 87-88584-08-9. OCLC 1101100113.
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