3. Mushrooms,molds, mildews yeast, rust, smuts Classified by reproductive structure

4. Characteristics Eukaryote Unicellular to multicellular
Cell wall of chitin (insect bodies)
Body is made of Long filaments of hyphae which form a mycelium
Heterotrophs
Some are parasites
Some are saprophytes (decomposers)

5. Rhizopus – black bread mold Phylum Oomycota = the Water Molds
Phylum Zygomycota = the Bread Molds
Rhizopus – black bread mold
Phylum Oomycota = the Water Molds
Water mold, potato blight, mildew
Phylum Ascomycota = the Sac Fungi
Yeast, morels, truffles
Phylum Basidiomycota = the Club Fungi
Mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi, rusts, smuts, toadstools
Phylum Deuteromycota = the Fungi Imperfecti

6. Parts of fungi:
network of thin thread-like structures that form the “body” of a fungus
Hyphae -
hyphae contain cytoplasm
hyphae grow and branch until they cover and digest the food source (upon which the fungi is growing)

7. Mycelium - a mass of hyphae
The mycelium is usually hidden in the soil, in wood, or another food source

8. The part of the fungus that we see is only the “fruiting body” of the organism
The ‘living’ body of the fungus is a mycelium

9. Puffball and a cloud of spores

10. Sporangia of breadmold

11. Pencillium

13. Mushrooms – “Club Like” Fungi or Basidiomycete Fungi

14. Bracket Fungi – Basidiomycete Fungi

16. Cup Fungi – Ascomycete Fungi

17. Zygomycota (Rhizopus) the Common Molds
The fungal mass of hyphae, known as the MYCELIUM penetrates the bread and produces the fruiting bodies on top of the stalks

18. Rhizoids = root-like hyphae
The zhizoids meet underground and mating occurs between hyphae of different molds (SEXUAL REPRODUCTION)

20. Morels are Ascomycete Fungi

21. Basidiomycete or Club Fungi

23. Smut on wood
Rust on corn
Rust on leaf

24. Deuteromycota (Imperfect Fungi)
Penicillium fungi

25. Irish Potato Famine of 19th Century