Tubes are a surface on the underside of the cap of the fruiting body of mushrooms and bracket fungi. Similar to lamellae/gills, tubes hold and disperse spores. The many small cavities create large surfaces where the spores are …
Knowledge
Reproduction
Most ascomycetes and basidiomycetes reproduce sexually by fusing different types of hyphae and forming a fruiting body. The fruiting body then produces spores that spread(like plant seeds) and establish themselves. The Common Puffball, for example, …
Parasitic Fungi
A parasitic fungus takes advantage of another organism to obtain food or substrate while damaging or weakening its host.
Sources
Britannica – Fungal Parasites and Pathogens 
Sciencedirect – Parasitic Fung
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Mould Fungi
Mould is an umbrella term for all microscopic fungi that spread by hyphae. They are found all around us and can be beneficial, such as making foods like cheese, or harmful, such as toxic spores.
Some good news:
Mould can …
Mycorrhiza
Mycology
Mycology is the study of the fungal kingdom. A mycologist is a biologist who works with fungi.
Sources
ReThink – Fungi Knowledge
Nature & Culture – Photographer Oliver Karlöf
Britannica – Mycology
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