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  • White-nose Fungus May Have Killed 6.7 Million Bats, Could Trigger Extinction

    nydailynews.com 3 weeks, 6 days ago

    A peculiar fungus is to blame for the deaths of as many as 6.7 million bats, and could even trigger the creatures’ extinction, biologists say. The die-off was announced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday, and is five to six times higher than a count from 2009, startling scientists.

  • The Man Who Studies The Fungus Among Us

    npr.org 3 weeks, 6 days ago

    Botanist Nicholas Money's book Mushroom takes readers inside the world of the fungal organisms that appear overnight on lawns, are occasionally poisonous and appear in everything from Alice in Wonderland to some lifesaving medications.

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A fungus is a member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from plants, animals, and bacteria. One major difference is that fungal cells have cell walls that contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants, which contain cellulose. These and other differences show that the fungi form a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota, that share a common ancestor. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes and oomycetes. The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology, which is often regarded as a branch of botany, even though genetic studies have shown that fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.

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