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Constantine John Alexopoulos
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Professor of Botany, University of Texas at Austin, 1962–77. Author of Introductory Mycology.

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Two Amanita pantherina mushrooms with brown caps covered in white spots grow among moss and fallen leaves.
Fungus, any of about 144,000 known species of organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which includes the yeasts, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, and mushrooms. There are also many funguslike organisms, including slime molds and oomycetes (water molds), that do not belong to kingdom Fungi but are often called…
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