How to say "fungi" in Japanese

• 菌類きんるいCommon
  nounThe common word for fungi as living organisms, such as mushrooms and molds, considered as a group. Use it in everyday speech and general writing whenever 'fungi' refers to the organisms themselves.
• 菌界きんかい
  nounThe less common term for the kingdom Fungi in biological classification. Use it when taxonomy itself is the subject, not when simply referring to fungi as organisms.

Use 菌類 for fungi as a group of organisms in ordinary speech and writing; 菌界 is the less common term for the biological kingdom Fungi, used when taxonomy or classification is the subject.

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• 菌類きんるいfungus
• 菌界きんかいFungi