真菌|しんきんshinkin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounfungus; true fungus

• Synonym菌類きんるいWrittenA written-prose term for fungi as a biological classification — mushrooms, molds and the like — kept distinct from bacteria; in medicine 「真菌」 is more common.
• Synonym真菌類しんきんるいFormalFormal and academic: treats fungi as a whole as a taxonomic group; more scholarly than 「真菌」.

Use 「真菌」 as the default, especially in medical contexts like 「真菌感染症」. For fungi as a biological classification, 「菌類」 (written) or 「真菌類」 (formal, more academic) fit better. All three are kept distinct from 「細菌」 (bacteria).

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1. カビやキノコなどの、細胞核さいぼうかくを持もつ微生物びせいぶつや生物せいぶつの総称そうしょう。