16^th International Virology Summit

Mycology and its Diversity

Mycology is the division of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their utilization to humans as a source for tinder, medicine,food, and entheogens, as well as their hazards, such as poisoning or infection. The Mycology & Metabolic Diversity Research Center has constructed sizably voluminous microbial libraries consisting of more than 20,000 microbial isolates and 30,000 cultivated extracts. The diversity, unlikeness and ubiquitous nature of fungi inflated their status to the caliber of fifth kingdom and represent one of the three major metamorphic sections along with plants and animals. Fungi are placed in juxtaposition of arthropods and angiosperms in their richness. They are recognized to interact with plants,animals and microbes and lead mutualistic, symbiotic, saprophytic or pathogenic life.