KINGDOM FUNGI CHARACTERISTICS:  EUKARYOTIC, HETEROTROPHIC  MOST MULTICELLULAR CELL WALLS MADE OF CHITIN

STRUCTURE OF FUNGI MADE OF HYPHAE INDIVIDUAL HYPHAE FORM A MYCELIUM

hypha spore many hyphae = mycelium

Fungal Mycelia

Examples of Fungal Hyphae

Septate Hyphae Nonseptate Hyphae

True fungal groups = A B C + Z AscomycotaBasidiomyc ota Zygomycota Chytridiomycota

Fungi are classified according to their structure and method of reproduction CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGI

Phylogeny of Fungi

KINGDOM FUNGI PHYLUM CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA PHYLUM ZYGOMYCOTA PHYLUM ASCOMYCOTA PHYLUM BASIDIOMYCOTA PHYLUM DEUTEROMYCOTA

Generalized Life cycle of Fungi

Mature zygosporangium

Rhizopus

Penicillium

Mycorrhizae = (“root fungus”)

Ascomycota = Sac Fungi produce sexual ascospores in an ascus

Budding Yeast

Ascomycota: cups Morel Mushrooms

Geastrum triplex

Basidiomycota: Shelf Fungi “turkey tail”

Basidium

Gills of a Mushroom

Basidiomycetes (club fungi): Greville's bolete (top left), turkey tail (bottom left), stinkhorn (right)

Shaggy Mane

Amanita

PHYLUM DEUTEROMYCOTA ATHLETE’S FOOT RINGWORM YEAST INFECTIONS (Candida albicans) JOCK ITCH/ROT

BENEFITS OF FUNGI PENICILLIUM –PENICILLIN GREAT DECOMPOSER! ANTIBIOTICS YEAST:BREADS, ALCOHOLS INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS UNIQUE FLAVOR OF CHEESES Aspergillus (makes soy sauce)

Excellent Decomposers!

= kiss of fungus...and citric acid

Lichens

Lichen Forms

1) Fungi reproduce by the production of ____________. 2) The interwoven strands of hyphae form the___________. 3) Name two characteristics that all fungi possess.