Chapter 31 Fungi ( I know girls – you’re not sure there is such a thing… as a ‘funguy’…)
Cells: Hyphae Septa Mycelium Chitin cell walls
Reproduction Pheromones Plasmogamy dikaryotic karyogamy
A few different types Deuteromycetes have no known sexual stage Zygomycetes include bread mold Glomeromycetes include mycorrhizae Ascomycetes bear sopres in an ascus Basidiomycetes include mushrooms and bracket fungi; what we often eat. Spores in a basidium
The value of Fungi Decomposers Parasites Mutualistic symbionts