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Three reasons fungi are not plants
Fungi are more closely related to us than they are to plants. Yet, fungi have been grouped with plants historically, with an impact felt even today.
ASM is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 38,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division…
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Fungi are more closely related to us than they are to plants. Yet, fungi have been grouped with plants historically, with an impact felt even today.