PPT-FUNGI Federoff The Characteristics of Fungi

Grow best in warm moist environments Mycology is the study of fungi Mycologists study fungi A fungicide is a chemical used to kill fungi Fungicide kills leaf fungus 2 The Characteristics of Fungi. Mycology - the study of fungi fungi - plural fungus - singular 1) fungi are eukaryotic • they have a nuclei & membrane - bound organelles 2) they are heterotrophs • they depend on ot Photo by Andreas . Kunze. Fungi are their own kingdom. Animals. Barton et al. . Evolution. Fungi. Plants. Fungi are not plants. Plants make their own nutrition (sugar) from light and water via photosynthesis.. Page: 527. What types of Fungi do you know?. Bread Molds. Mushrooms. Molds on oranges. Yeasts. Mildews. Rusts & Smuts. What are Fungi?. Plant-like . characteristics:. Stationary. Grow upward. Have cell walls, but contain . Used to be thought they were plants. Biology I – Mr. Fuentes. List the characteristics of fungi.. Recognize different types of fungi.. How they obtain nutrients. . Describe diseases caused by fungi. . Eukaryotic heterotrophs that have cell walls. Made up of chitin, a complex carbohydrate that is also found in the external skeletons of insects. What are fungi?. Although they rely on other organisms as a food source, they do not ingest their food. Characteristics of Fungi. Cell wall made of . chitin. Heterotrophs and major Decomposers. Body is made of . long filaments of hyphae which form a . mycelium. Reproduce sexually and asexually. Asexually by spores. Characteristics of Fungi. Cell wall made of . chitin. Heterotrophs and major Decomposers. Body is made of . long filaments of hyphae which form a . mycelium. Reproduce sexually and asexually. Asexually by spores. Fungi secrete hydrolytic enzymes, digest food outside their bodies, and absorb small molecules.. Structure of Fungi. Cell walls are made of chitin. Bodies are composed of filaments called hyphae that are entwined to form a mass, the mycelium.. prokaryotes. Chapter 27. Prokaryote Life. Can withstand harsh environments (. extremophiles. ). Can move between aquatic and land environments easily. Are small, mostly . single celled. , well organized (remember large SA:V ratio). Heterotroph. Fungi are mostly saprobes, meaning they feed on dead organisms. That makes them HETEROTROPHS! . Fungi cell walls are made of…. Cellulose. Peptidoglycan. Chitin. Chitin!. Fungi Characteristics. Primarily terrestrial. Filamentous. __________. Coenocytic (aseptate). septate. mycelium. Haustoria. – specialized parasitic hyphae. Fungal Hyphae. General Characteristics. (animal-like). Heterotrophic. Overview of fungi - Characteristics. Fungi are :. Eukaryotic. Nonphotosynthetic. Multicellular - most. Heterotrophs. Fungi are microscopic molds or yeast. Characteristics . Molds. are fungus that grow on bread and oranges and are tangled masses of filaments of cells. FUNGI. : . Fungi are eukaryotic, spore bearing, achlorophyllous, heterotrophic organisms that generally reproduce sexually and asexually and whose filamentous, branched somatic structures are typically surrounded by cell walls containing chitin or cellulose or both with many organic molecules and exhibiting absorptive nutrition.. B 104. Level 1 . - Fungi are more closely related to animals than . . . . plants. Fungi are heterotrophic: . . they use complex organic compounds as sources of energy . . and carbon, not photosynthesis.