Human flora

[Eric Nielsen]

Fungi were included in the plant kingdom until fairly recently:

"Robert Whittaker
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whittaker>recognized an
additional kingdom for the
Fungi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus>. The resulting five-kingdom
system, proposed in 1969 by Whittaker, has become a popular standard and
with some refinement is still used in many works and forms the basis for
new multi-kingdom systems."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_(biology)

Nomeclature of life forms today is still in flux and is usually based upon
characteristics such as cellular structure and metabolism--which are not
obvious to the unaided senses. Most
people are probably comfortable with the old Aristotelian dichotomy of
Plant/Animal--Flora/Fauna.

Eric* *



On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Benjamin Barrett <GOGAKU at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

>
> ....The problem is that these flora are not plants or plant life (or at
> least mostly not so)....



> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
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