Plants, Fungi, and the Colonization of Land
Migration onto Land Continents subjected to flooding and receding of seas throughout geologic time. Natural selection could have favored algae that could survive periods of being unsubmerged. Eventually, some species may have accumulated adaptations allowing permanent life out of water
Land vs. Water Environment Differences –Support –Access to minerals –Photosynthesis –Reproduction
Plant Structures
Sporangia
Plant Evolutionary History 1
Plant Evolutionary History 2
Alternation of Generations
Mosses
Ferns
Gymnosperms M F
Gymnosperm Life Cycle
Angeosperms
Flower Structure
Angeosperm Life Cycle
Wind Dispersal
Attach to Animals
Eaten By Animals
Mutualism
Fungi Developed closely alongside plants –Probably went on land with plants –Plants and other life rely on them Heterotrophic Structurally and reproductively different from all other organisms Primarily multicellular
Typical Fungal Structure
Bread Mold
Fungal life cycle
Lichens