1. Fungi

2. General Characteristics
Heterotrophic- can get nutrition 2 ways
1. Produce an enzyme that digests organic material outside of the fungus. Then fungus absorbs the liquidated nutrients
2. Produce Haustoria- hyphae penetrate the host cell and suck up the nutrients directly form the host- doesn’t kill the host cell, just feed off it. (Parasitic)
Decomposers-saprobe
Live in moist ,cool environments

3. Basic Structure
Hyphae
Group of Hyphae- called a mycellium

4. Reproduction-2 ways Asexually-
a. through FRAGMENTATION where a piece breaks off and grows
b. BUDDING-
yeast pinch off
a piece and
become 2 cells

5. Sexually- produce spores (Bread mold)

6. 4 Types of Fungi Imperfect: no observable sexual reproduction
Where spores produced
Example
Sporangium
Sprorangia
Bread Mold
Club
Mushroom
Sac
Truffles
Imperfect: no observable sexual reproduction
Deuteromycota:
penicillin

7. Plant Diseases Animal Mildew Wheat rust Athletes foot Candida albicans
Ringworm

8. Lichen Special relationship between a fungi and algae
Mutualistic relationship
Fungi provides safe place to live
Algae provides food through photosynthesis

9. Mycorrhizae Mutualistic relationship with plant
Fungi grow on roots of plants
Fungi help increase the surface area at the roots so plants can absorb more water