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31 Oct 2024 10:22:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: categorising objects  
From: jr
Date: 27 Oct 2024 08:30:00
Message: <web.671e322ceebe96f3bdf7d1766cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> ...
> > yes.  dilemma(s).  fungi too cannot be categorised, really, as is.
>
> There is actually a neologism for fungi, "Funga," apparently coined in
> the early 2000s.  Now that biologists have determined that fungi are
> less closely related to plants than to animals, should we include the
> category "Funga" under Organic Forms?  (One POVer regularly renders
> sentient fungoid beings, though he has not contributed them to the
> Collection.)  Or is it fine to group fungi under Flora?

Wiktionary says the "term is equivalent to the concepts of fauna and flora", so
as a third "Terrestrial" entry, I guess.  thanks.


regards, jr.


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