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FUNGI

Learn about the different types of reproduction in fungi, their classification based on characteristics, and the various kinds of fungi such as threadlike fungi, sac fungi, club fungi, and imperfect fungi. Discover the importance of lichens in environmental quality assessment.

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FUNGI

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  1. FUNGI

  2. Reproduction Terms • Asexual Reproduction – Reproduce from one parent (Binary Fission) • Sexual Reproduction – Reproduce from two parents

  3. What are Fungi? • Eukaryotic heterotrophs • Heterotrophs – an organism that gets food by __________ other organisms • Have a rigid cell wall and no chlorophyll • Found in a variety of _______, _______, and ________

  4. What are Fungi? • Live on or near a food source • Fungi are Consumers, decomposers, and parasites • Parasites are organisms that feed on other organisms of another species (host) and ______ the host • Made up of chains of cells called hyphae (threadlike fungal filiments)

  5. What are Fungi • Reproduction is asexual or ____________ • Fungi are classified based on their ________ and type of reproduction.

  6. Kinds of Fungi Threadlike Fungi • Shapeless, ___________ fungus • Ex. Mold • Live in the soil and are decomposers • Reproduce ____________ AND __________

  7. Threadlike FUngi

  8. Kinds of Fungi Sac Fungi • Largest group of fungi • Ex. Yeasts, powdery mildew, morels • Reproduce sexually and asexually • Made of many ________

  9. Sac Fungi Continued • Some are very useful to humans • Ex. Yeast = bread and alcohol • Many sac fungi are _________

  10. Sac Fungi

  11. Kinds of Fungi Club Fungi • Umbrella-shaped mushrooms • Reproduce ____________ • Most of the organism grows _______________

  12. Club Fungi

  13. Kinds of FUngi Non Mushroom Club Fungi • Bracket fungi, puffballs, smuts, and rusts • Smuts and rusts are common _________ parasites • Often attack crops such as corn and wheat

  14. Nonmushroom Club Fungi

  15. Smut

  16. Kinds of Fungi Imperfect Fungi • Includes all of the species of fungi that do not fit into the other groups • They do not reproduce sexually (___________) • Most are parasites that cause diseases in plants and animals • Ex. Athlete’s Foot

  17. Kinds of Fungi Imperfect Fungi • Used to create __________ and other medicines • Produce __________, soy sauce, citric acid in cola drinks

  18. Imperfect Fungi

  19. Lichens • Lichens are a combination of fungus and an alga that grow together • Lichens are producers (they ________ their own _________) • Unlike algae, lichens do not _______________

  20. Lichens • Lichens only need ______, _______, and __________ to grow • Easily affected by air ___________, so they help measure the ______ quality in an area. • Lichen grow on trees and _________ • Lichens help tress and plants. Trees and plants help the lichens! (Mutualism)

  21. Lichens

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