1. Kingdom Fungi Definition:
5 phylum
Were classified as plants
Are found on every continent
Are found on every
Definition:
Fungi are multicellular heterotrophs that receive their food by absorbing the molecules around them. Fungi are not plants; they do not contain chlorophyll and therefore are neither green in colour, nor producers.

2. Classification
Fungi are classified according to the way they reproduce
The five categories for classification are:
Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Zygomycota
Fungi inperfecti
Chytridiomycota

3. Facts on Fungi Fungi are over 90 million years old
They were originally classified as plants
Now are considered closer to animals in relation
Fungi are multicellular heterotrophs that decompose matter
All phylum can produce asexually as well as sexually
In a thimble of soil there can be up to a mile of hyphae

4. Basidiomycota Referred to as club fungi Most recognized fungi
They produce group spores or basidiospores, on microscopic club like structures called basidia
For asexual reproduction the hyphae form conidia which break off and form new hyphae which will continue to grow until the process is repeated

5. Ascomycota
Ascomycota are known as the sac fungi because of the shape of the asci
Ascomycota are the largest phylum in kingdom fungi
Not known for fruiting bodies but are very useful to humans
Have the ability to forcibly move their ascospores

6. Zygomycota Know as the conjugation fungi
Create self contained zygospores
Includes certain molds including black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer)

7. Fungi Imperfecti Do not fit into any other category
Not much is know about this phylum
This is a “made up” phylum to help Mycologists

8. Chytridiomycota This is the simplest of the phylum of kingdom fungi
Some forms are singular celled
Only predominate aquatic phylum
The oldest fungi
Also the only fungi to a flagellum

9. Lichens and Mycorrhizae
Lichens and Mycorrhizae represent a mutual relationship between fungi and plants
Lichens are symbolic of the mutual relationship between algae and a basidimycota or ascomycota
mycorrhizae is a relationship between usually zygomycota or basidimycota and plant roots

10. Fungi In Saskatchewan
There are over 450 different, photographed and recorded species of fungi in Saskatchewan
Have caused some of the worst wheat disasters in the parries
In 1916, a fungus wiped out 100 million bushels of wheat
Several different types of lichens live in Saskatchewan

11. Summary Kingdom Fungi have 5 phylum
Fungi are decomposers and not producers
Fungi are classified by their way of reproducing
Where considered plants until recently
Have been around for 90 million year or possibly more
Have fruiting bodies we know as mushrooms
Spores are released into the air for sexual reproduction
Responsible for:
Making bread rise
Turning sugar into alcohol
Creating different tastes of cheese
Penicillin and other antibiotics
Diseases both in humans and plants

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