Kingdom Fungi
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Kingdom Fungi
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Characteristics• Eukaryotic • Heterotrophic
– Digest food outside of their bodies• Multicellular, except for yeasts (unicellular)• Present all over the world
– marine and terrestrial environments• Cell walls contain chitin• Main body composed of hyphae• Reproduction involves sexual and asexual
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• Most fungi grow as tubular filaments called hyphae. An interwoven mass of hyphae is called a mycelium.
• The walls of hyphae are often strengthened with chitin
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• Fungi reproduce by releasing spores from a fruiting body. The spore is released into the air and the wind carries it off to start the next generation.
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• Composed of mushrooms, molds and yeast
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• Mycorrhizae– symbiotic relationships
with plants, work as partners
– Soil fungi attach themselves onto plant roots
– Fungi helps plants absorb more water and nutrients, while plant provides food for fungi
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• Use in everyday life: making bread (yeast), antibiotics (ie. Penicillin), eating (mushrooms)
• Mushrooms are Fungi!
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• Club Fungi – look like umbrellas growing from the ground or like shelves
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• Sac Fungi – produce spores in special sacs called asci
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• Lichens – union between fungus and algae
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• Conjugation Fungi – black bread mold
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• Imperfect Fungi – left-overs , penicillin
• Penicillin– First antibiotic– Attacks and kills bacteria
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• Very good decomposers!
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Human Fungus Diseases• Ringworm• Athlete’s foot• Amanita – death cap