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Fungi

Fungi. Fungi Basics. Eukaryotic (4 Eukaryote kingdoms = animals, plants, fungi, & protists) Multicellular Heterotrophic (decomposers) Cell Walls. Fungi: Between Plants and Animals. The 3 branches of multicellular life Kingdom animalia Kingdom plantae Kingdom Fungi.

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Fungi

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  1. Fungi

  2. Fungi Basics • Eukaryotic (4 Eukaryote kingdoms = animals, plants, fungi, & protists) • Multicellular • Heterotrophic (decomposers) • Cell Walls

  3. Fungi: Between Plants and Animals • The 3 branches of multicellular life • Kingdom animalia • Kingdom plantae • Kingdom Fungi

  4. Mushroom “Cap” = fruiting body • A mushroom is the reproductive structure of a fungus, called a cap or fruiting body

  5. Mushroom Morphology: GillsGills are where the spores are

  6. Mushroom Morphology: Hyphae • A mushroom is the fruiting body (spore producing structure) of a much larger organism. • Most of a fungus is hidden beneath the surface, in the form of long, fillamentoushyphae. • Septae (singular: septum) divide the hyphae into cells.

  7. Hyphae

  8. Fungi Reproduction • Fungi reproduction may be sexual or asexual, but always involves SPORES. • Spores are similar to seeds.

  9. Fungi Ecology • Many fungi are decomposers, and get energy by breaking down dead plant material. • Key nutrient cyclers in most ecosystems

  10. Fungi Evolution • 4 main “divisions” • Basidomycetes = mushrooms

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