菌類|きんるいkinrui[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfungus; fungi

• Synonym真菌しんきんWrittenLike 「菌類」 it covers molds and mushrooms, but stresses cell nuclei to set them apart from bacteria; a written/formal term common in biology and medicine, e.g. 「真菌感染症」.
• Synonym真菌類しんきんるいFormalFormal: 「真菌」 with 「類」 added, a taxonomic phrasing; synonymous with 「菌類」, seen mostly in biological literature.

「菌類」 and 「真菌」 both cover molds, mushrooms and similar organisms with cell nuclei. Use 「菌類」 as the general term; to distinguish them clearly from bacteria, say 「真菌」, as in 「真菌感染症」. 「真菌類」 is a formal variant found in biological literature.

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1. キノコやカビなどを含ふくむ生物せいぶつの分類ぶんるい群ぐん。生物学せいぶつがく的てきには菌界きんかいに属ぞくする生物せいぶつを指さす。原核げんかく生物せいぶつである細菌さいきんと区別くべつするために、真菌しんきん（真菌しんきん類るい）とも呼よばれる。