Classification+Catagories

Taxa of Fungi

The taxa of an organism is the classification groups they are in. There are 8 taxa: Domain, Kingdom, Phyla, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. A fungus is an organism too, so it is put into taxa. The taxa of fungi are:

Domain: Eukarya (this means that fungi are multi-cellular) Kingdom: Fungi (also includes Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Prokaryota and Monera) Phylum: Zygomycota (also known as zycote fungi) Class: Leotiomycetes (grow their asci in apothecia) Order: Lecanorales ( lichen-forming fungi) Family: Depends on the different kind of Fungi Genus: Depends on the different kind of Fungi Species: Depends on the different kind of Fungi