Dikarya

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + κάρυον (káruon, “nucleus”, literally “kernel”).

Proper noun

Dikarya

1. Fungi with dikaryotic hyphae, in which cells contain a haploid nucleus from each parent rather than a single haploid or diploid nucleus:
   1. A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Fungi.
   2. A taxonomic clade within the clade Opisthokonta.

Synonyms

• (subkingdom): Neomycota

Hypernyms

• (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Unikonta - supergroup; Opisthokonta - clade; Fungi - kingdom
• (subkingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom

Hyponyms

• (clade and subkingdom): Ascomycota, Basidiomycota - subphyla

Coordinate terms

• (subkingdom in Fungi): Eomycota

References

• Dikarya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dikarya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dikarya at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Dikarya at the Tree of Life Web Project