Fungi and fungal infections
Fungi are simple parasitic life-forms that include yeasts, moulds, mushrooms, and toadstools. The fungi that are responsible for causing disease can be divided into two groups: filamentous fungi and yeasts. Filamentous fungi are made up of branching threads known as hyphae, which form a network called a mycelium. Mushrooms and toad-stools are the reproductive structures [...]
