FUNGIFUNGI

The Fungi kingdom was grouped with plants in the past. This was because its parts and life style often resemble plants.

Fungi cannot make their own food, possess little movement and are composed of one or many cells.

Fungal CharacteristicsFungal Characteristics

1) Cell wall made of Chitin

2) Heterotrophs and major Decomposers

3) Body is made of Long filaments of hyphae which form a mycelium

4) Reproduce sexually and asexually–Asexually by spores–Sexually by mating of hyphae filaments

More characteristicsMore characteristics

• Plant-like but without chlorophyll

• Feeds on living organisms - parasite

• Feeds on dead or decaying matter - saprophyte

Fungi phylumsFungi phylums

1. Phylum Zygomycota (the Bread Molds)

2. Oomycota (the Water Molds)

3. Phylum Ascomycota (the Sac Fungi)

4. Phylum Basidiomycota (the Club Fungi)

5. Phylum Deuteromycota (the Fungi

Imperfecti)

ReproductionReproduction

Asexual Asexual (fission, budding and spores)(fission, budding and spores)

Sexual Sexual (sexual spores, life cycles)(sexual spores, life cycles)

Some examples of common fungiSome examples of common fungi

MoldsMolds• grow in warm and moist

places

• Produces spore cases called sporangia

• Hyphae threadlike structures which grow into and on food - absorbs water, minerals and food.

Parts of a mold

MushroomsMushrooms

• Club Fungi • Mushrooms, puffballs, and

bracket fungi.• Produces spores in club-

shaped structure. • Some are parasitic, but

most live on dead or decaying matter.

• Some are edible, but many others are poisonous.

YeastYeast

• Sac Fungi • Spores produced in sac called a ascus. • Yeast reproduce by budding • Produce carbon dioxide by a process called

fermentation (obtain energy).

LichensLichens• Two organisms living closely

together (fungus and algae) • Mutualism (symbiotic relation)

– Fungus provides home and water

– Algae provides food

• Lichens are frequently found growing on rocks since they provide their own food

Examples of each phylumExamples of each phylum• OomycotaMildew

• ZygomycotaRhizopus

• AscomycotaYeast

• BasidiomycotaMushrooms

•Fungi Imperfecti (Deuteromycota)Athlete’s Foot