no because fungi are decomposers meaning they only eat dead organisms and parasites are organisms that benefit as another organism is harmed
There are a good number of parasitic fungi in basidiomycitese like rusts and smuts.
RINGWORM is in fact not a parasite, but a fungi. The scientific term for Ringworm is "Tinea" which means "growing worm". (thus here is the origin of the worm part of ringworm, ring is obviously the shape in which the fungi grows, in a circle) It is a common mistake to think that ringworm is a parasite. but it is in fact a fungi.
mold
only one term could be applied here that is - PARASITE
The correct term, in this instance, would be parasite.
Functional significance is a term applied to characters.
'Pin' or 'Sugar' molds.
cup fungi
The common term for the Ascomycota phylum is sac fungi.
parasite
Not in the general sense of the term parasite. AIDS is caused by the HIV virus.
The term mycology (my-col-o-gy) is a noun that means the scientific study of fungi. Or the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus related diseases.
Bug is not a medical term. "Bug" can be a lay term meaning germ (parasite, bacterium, or virus).