VIII. Classification of Fungi

For practical purposes Fungi may be divided into:

1. Hymenomycetes (including the mushrooms, etc.).
2. Hyphomycetes (moulds).
3. Blastomycetes (yeasts and torulæ).
4. Schizomycetes (bacteria).

Note.—Formerly myxomycetes were included in the fungi; they are now recognized as belonging to the animal kingdom, and are termed "mycetozoa."