Kingdom Fungi

Kingdom Fungi

Every fungi contains mass of interwoven hyphae is called mycelium.

4.The mycelium may be unicellular or multicellular.

5.Fungi have definie cell wall made up of chitin.

6They have reserved food material in the form of glycogen or oil-droplets

7.They reproduce vegetatively by fragmentation,asexually by spores and sexually by gamates.

Defining characteristics

.It is a plant like microscopic multicellular organism living on a nutrient substrate.

2.They are achlorophyllous,heterotrophic thallophytes.

3.Every fungi contains mass of interwoven hyphae is called mycelium.

4.The mycelium may be unicellular or multicellular.

5.Fungi have definie cell wall made up of chitin.

6They have reserved food material in the form of glycogen or oil-droplets

7.They reproduce vegetatively by fragmentation,asexually by spores and sexually by gamates.

Evolutionary adaptations

•   Replaced cholesterol with erfosterol

•   Fast spreading hypogea which is used for absorption to live in climates that are more dry

•   Don’t have flagellated cells

•   Produce large number of spores

Ecological importance

•   Decompose

•   Grow everywhere

•   Used as pillution indicatior

•   Help trees and plants to absorb nutrients

Example form kingdom

•   Asomycota or sac fungi

Live in all habitats

•   Includes yeast and some editable fungi

•   Partners with lichens

•   Sexual reproduction happens within a ascus

•   Its plaved in the subkingdom disarray

•   All members can be traced back to common ancestors