1. Kingdom Fungi

2. Fungi
Originally classified as part of the plant kingdom, but none of them photosynthesize.
Fungi structure is adapted for two main purposes:
Reproduction
Absorption of Nutrients

3. The reproductive parts of a fungi are often the only visible parts
Wide variety of shapes and colours
Includes:
Chytrids (water mould)
Common moulds (bread mould)
Yeast, morels & truffles
Mushrooms
Club-shaped (parasitic fungi) i.
ii.
iii. v.
iv.

4. The parts designed for nutrient absorption are often underground (called mycelium)
A mesh of microscopic filaments that branch out just below the surface
Each filament in the mesh is called a hypha
The cell walls of hyphae are often reinforced with chitin
Some hyphae contain cross-walls

5. hyphae have cell walls that are reinforced with chitin.
Some fungi have hyphae
with cross-walls. Most
hyphae have cell walls that
are reinforced with chitin.
It forms structures of
considerable strength.
(a) Hyphae with cross-walls
(b) Hyphae without crosswalls
(c) Mycelium showing many
interlocking hyphae
a) b) c)

6. Life Cycle of Fungi
Wide variety of reproductive cycles, but all fungi form spores inside a sporangium
Complete the “Field Mushroom Life Cycle Puzzle”
before moving on to the next slide for the answer
key.

7. Field Mushroom Life Cycle