This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The self-discipline of biology dedicated to the research of fungi is named mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was thought to be a branch of botany, although it is now known that fungi are genetically more closely associated to animals than to crops. Nearly all fungi kind and launch huge portions of spores as a part of their life cycle. They may be produced both immediately by asexual strategies or indirectly by sexual reproduction. Spores are
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