Fungi as Fifth Kingdom?

[John Grehan]

Ken sometimes has some interesting perspectives, but it seems to me that
unfortunately he never (or perhaps I should say extremely rarely)
presents actual systematic evidence in direct relation to the published
literature so one might make a judgment about the nature of the
evidence.

John Grehan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom Discussion List [mailto:TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Adolf Ceska
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 1:19 AM
> To: TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
> Subject: Re: [TAXACOM] Fungi as Fifth Kingdom?
> 
> I sent Ken's message to my mycological friend and his answer was:
> 
> All I can suggest to Ken Kinman (below) is that he should read the
very
> learned article by
> Cavalier-Smith (2001) [What are fungi?] in The Mycota Vol VIIA pp.
3-37.
> This answers his accusations far better than I could.
> 
> I did not see the article, but I trust my friend that the answer (or
lack
> of
> it?) is indeed there.
> 
> Adolf Ceska, Victoria, BC, Canada
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Taxacom Discussion List [mailto:TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU]
On
> > Behalf Of Ken Kinman
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:43 PM
> > To: TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
> > Subject: Fungi as Fifth Kingdom?
> >
> > Well, although Fungi are often considered the Fifth Kingdom, I
actually
> > still prefer the Four Kingdom classification of organisms (with
> eumycotans
> > and other fungal groups within Kingdom Protista).  Metaphyta and
Metazoa
> > certainly diverged and diversified enough to be regarded as separate
> > Kingdoms, but "Metafungi" (eumycotans) are a VERY distant third (and
> thus
> > not surprisingly long subsumed within the study of botany, even
though
> > they are actually closer to metazoans).