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Maine Technology Institute Seed Grants for Ag amp Food Business SMM January 2013 Farming Fungi llc Maines newest commercial mushroom producer selling under the Mousam Valley brand. 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.. CLS 212: Medical . Microbiology. Mycology: the study of fungi. Characteristics of fungi. :. All fungi are Eukaryotic organisms. Characteristics. Prokaryotic cell. Eukaryotic cell. Nucleus. Primitve nucleous. 100,000 species. Characteristics. Eukaryote: with . chitonous. cell wall, no chloroplasts . Reproduction. Asexual – budding – in yeast cells. Sexual – spores made inside of “fruiting bodies that are produced on reproductive . 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. . List three diseases you know something about. What are the effects of these diseases?. Essential Question. How do disease-causing fungi effect plants?. ?. Fungi:. One of the five kingdoms of organisms.. *****Disclaimer: This file intended for educational purposes only.. All image credits for those that require citations (i.e. not in the public domain and/or taken by the author) are listed on the final slide.. 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. Miss . Schwippert. Importance. role as decomposers. source of antibiotic drugs. important for fermentation (bread, alcohol). Characteristics. Multicellular. Eukaryotic. Cell Wall (made of chitin instead of cellulose). -. the study of fungi. fungi - . singular. fungus - . plural. 1) Fungi are . eukaryotic. they have a nuclei & mitochondria. 2) They are . heterotrophs. they depend on other organisms for food. 3) They are . P. . Lobosco. Monday November 8, 2010. There will be no grades given out until this Friday. Please do not ask!. HW-Read 11-1 and do the section review on page 273, questions 1-10 due Wed. Use spiral notebook.. 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. 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). 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.