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Photobiology of fungi

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Since the time of Aristotle, fungi have been classified in the plant kingdom. Modern phylogeneticists, however, prefer to consider that fungi are not derived from green plants but have their own origin(s) that are independent from other phyla. Fungus is a common name for any of the molds, mildews, mushrooms, rusts and smuts, or allied organisms. Taxonomists call them Eukaryomycota, which are classified into several major groups such as Myxomycota, Acrasiomycota, Oomycota, Ascomycota (ascomycetes) and Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes). Though many different photoreactions have been reported in these diverse fungi (Carlile 1965; Gressel and Rau 1983), it seems too early to make general conclusions about the photobiology of fungi. Some phenomena have been extensively studied in some organisms, but not at all in others.

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Furuya, M. (1986). Photobiology of fungi. In: Kendrick, R.E., Kronenberg, G.H.M. (eds) Photomorphogenesis in plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2624-5_21

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