1. Kingdom Fungi
G.Burgess
2009.

2. Characteristics Multicellular Heterotrophic Cell wall made of chitin
nonvascular
Reproduction asexual (fragmentation) and sexual reproduction (spores).
Extracellular digestion
Absorb materials through mycelium (branching filaments called hypha)

3. Classification of Fungi
Classified by method of reproduction and reproductive structures.
Division Mastigomycota
Produce flagelated spores
cellulose walls

4. Classification of Fungi
Division Amastigomycota
Produce non-motile spores
Chitin cell walls
Class Zygomycota
Elongated multiple nuclei that are haploid
Reproduction is asexual by spores
Class Ascomycota*
Yeasts reproduce asexually by budding and sexually by forming a sac
Class Basidiomycota*
Common mushroom and puffball
Sexual reproduction forms basidiospores on club shaped cells called basidia

5. Relations with other organisms
Lichens
Symbiotic relations between fungi and cyanobacteria, or a green algae
Fungal portion makes the structure, and absorbs nutrients from a substrate. The algal or cyanobacteria portion provides nourishment via photosynthesis.

6. Questions
Pp. 372 #1-7
Pp. 373 #2-4
Text: Biology 11, Nelson, 2002.