1. FUNGI
They’re not plants!

2. KINGDOM
FUNGI

3. (Except for YEAST, which are unicellular)
# of CELLS
MULTICELLULAR = MANY
(Except for YEAST, which are unicellular)

4. Their cells have a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles.
TYPE of CELLS
EUKARYOTIC
Their cells have a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles.

5. They have DNA found inside the nucleus.
GENETIC MATERIAL
They have DNA found inside the nucleus.

6. STRUCTURE
Multicellular fungi are made of thin filaments called HYPHAE. Each hyphae is only one cell thick!

7. Hyphae tangle together into a thick clump called MYCELIUM.
STRUCTURE
Hyphae tangle together into a thick clump called MYCELIUM.

8. STRUCTURE
A MUSHROOM is actually the fruiting body of a fungus. The fruiting body is the reproductive structure of the fungus.

9. REPRODUCTION Fungi reproduce ASEXUALLY AND SEXUALLY!!!
The reproductive cells are called SPORES

10. REPRODUCTION Releasing the spores… Stinkhorn
Spores released from gills
Puffball
Bird’s Nest Fungus

11. NOURISHMENT
HETEROTROPHS that DO NOT ingest their food! They digest their food outside their body and then absorb it
Some absorb nutrients from decaying matter in the SOIL.
Some live as parasites absorbing nutrients from LIVING HOSTS.

12. Fungi DO NOT move on their own!
LOCOMOTION
Fungi DO NOT move on their own!

13. OTHER Some Fungi live together with other organisms (symbiosis)
Fungi + Algae = Lichen
Fungi + Bacteria = Lichen
Fungi + Plant Roots = Mycorrhizae

14. HELPFUL Ex.
Fungi are the DECOMPOSERS - a very important part of every ecosystem
Fungi RECYCLE NUTRIENTS by breaking down dead organisms and their waste products!

15. HARMFUL Ex. Parasitic fungi can cause diseases. Corn smut Wheat Rust
Athlete’s Foot/Ringworm
Yeast Infection/Thrush
Cordyceps in insects