• Question: how much types of fungus is there?

    Asked by lemon to Eleni on 11 Nov 2016.
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      Eleni Vikeli answered on 11 Nov 2016:


      Hi lemon,

      The short and fast answer is 5.1 million fungal species!!!

      Fungi are an enormous group of organisms that are neither plants nor animals.
      They include typical mold species as well as edible ones, the basidiomycetes, aka mushrooms!

      Eleni

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