Question

Compare and contrast between alexopoulos classification of fungi ,and ainsworth classification

Answer 1

Classification of Fungi by Bauhin (1623):
Bauhin (1623) is the first who described about 100 species of fungi in his book ‘Pinax Theatri Botanici’.
But the detailed classification of fungi was first proposed by Elias Fries in his book “Systema Mycologicum”, published in three volumes between 1821 and 1831, where he divided fungi in four classes:in the pic^