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KEY CONCEPT Fungi are heterotrophs that absorb their food. . Fungi are adapted to absorb their food from the environment. Plants and fungi have different traits: Fungal cell walls are made of chitin. Plant cell walls are made of cellulose. Plants have chlorophyll and photosynthesize.
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Fungi are adapted to absorb their food from the environment. • Plants and fungi have different traits: • Fungal cell walls are made of chitin. • Plant cell walls are made of cellulose. • Plants have chlorophyll and photosynthesize. • Fungi absorb food through hyphae. • Plants and fungi have similar traits: • Both are nonmoving. • Grow underground and aboveground. • May produce spores.
Fungi are multicellular organisms, with the exception of yeasts. • hyphae • mycelium • fruiting body
Fungi come in many shapes and sizes. • Primitive fungi are aquatic and have flagellated spores. • Sac fungi form a sac that contains spores for reproduction (called ascus, plural= asci). • Yeasts are single-celled sac fungi. • Morels and truffles are multicellular sac fungi.
Also includes fungi used to ferment certain foods. • mycorrhizae belong to this group • form zygospores during reproduction • Bread molds are often found on spoiled food.
include mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi • reproductive structures called basidia • Club fungi have fruiting bodies which are club-shaped.
Fungi reproduce sexually and asexually. • Most fungi reproduce both sexually and asexually. • Yeasts reproduce asexually through budding. • Yeasts form asci during sexual reproduction.
Multicellular fungi have complex reproductive cycles. • distinctive reproductive structures
life cycles may include either sexual or asexual reproduction or both • Multicellular fungi have complex reproductive cycles.
Spores will land Fungus #1 mycelium grows underground….Fungus #2 mycelium grows underground . . Two fungi grow together and fuse Diploid fruiting body grows from the mass Haploid spores created & released from the underside of the fruiting body . . . . . ground
Spores will land New hyphae will grow into a new mycelium . Cycle repeats . ground
Lichens • Fungus + blue-green bacteria or green algae • Mycelium of fungi surrounds the green organism • Grow on rocks, soil, trees • Mutualistic relationship • Algae/bacteria: provides food • Fungus: benefits unclear (warmth, substrate to grow in) • Food source & help create soil