NOTE:  Monera are at the top, Fungi farther down.  
 


Kingdom Monera -  {Backward Link}

NOTE:  General Group Names are often different in Moneran Classification, but this key uses the same taxonomic designations throughout.
 
   


1a.  Efficient, photosynthetic. Use various chlorophyll systems.
            Includes blue-green algae.
                    .................................................................. Phylum Cyanobacteria
                      INFO LINK

1b.  Includes most free-living and almost all disease-causing bacteria.
                    ......................................................................... Phylum Eubacteria
                       INFO LINK

 		  
Kingdom Fungi -  {Backward Link}



1a. Found in damp areas; spreads using swimming spores 
            (zoospores); some types cause considerable damage 
            to crops such as potatoes or grapes.  Water Molds, 
            Egg Fungi, etc........................................................ Phylum Oomycota
            These may belong to another Kingdom.
                          INFO LINK
                          Link with different classification            

1b. Produce cottony mats on breads, grains, foods and other 
            organic materials.  Produce dark, thick-walled diploid 
            spores (zygospores). Includes Bread Molds and root-
            associated mycorhizzae.................................... Phylum Zygomycota
                          INFO LINK

1c. Spore-producing structure (ascus) is cup-shaped; includes 
            yeasts, mildews, truffles, blight organisms such as Dutch 
            Elm Disease or Ergot, Cup Fungi, Sac Fungi. 
                        ................................................................. Phylum Ascomycota
                          INFO LINK

1d. Spore-producing structure (basidium) is club- or disc-shaped; 
            may be very poisonous; includes mushrooms, toadstools, 
            puffballs, shelf fungi, smuts.......................... Phylum Basidiomycota
                          INFO LINK

1e. Produce asexual spores (conidia); include species used to 
            make antibiotics such as penicillin, or used to make cheeses 
            such as Roquefort or blue cheese, or produce citric acid, 
            soy sauce, or sake...................................... Phylum Deuteromycota
                          INFO LINK

 

 

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