Transcript Fungus Kingdom

How Are Plants and Fungi
Different
Which is the plant? Which is the
fungus?
• Fungus
• Plant
Characteristic of
Fungi
• Fungi are diverse in
their characteristics.
Some are big, some
are small. Some like
moist environments,
some like dry ones.
Some are colorful.
Some live in the air,
some in soil, some in
your body
Fungi Can be Helpful or Harmful
• Helpful
– decomposers
• Harmful
– Disease
– Food spoilage
– Poison
How are Fungi Like Plants?
• Some grow in soil.
• They have cell walls.
How are Fungi Different from
Plants?
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Obtaining food
Cell walls
Structures
Reproduction
How do Fungi get Food?
• Fungi are heterotrophs.
• They digest food outside of their
body and absorb the nutrients.
• Many are decomposers.
• Plants are autotrophs (producers)
Cell Wall
• The cell walls of fungi are
different from plants because
they are made of chitin.
Plants cell walls are made of
cellulose.
Structures
• Fungi have no leafs, roots, flowers
ect.
Methods of Reproduction
• Fragmentation – part of fungus
breaks off and grows into new fungus.
• Budding – in unicellular fungi (yeast),
similar to mitosis.
• Spores – some fungi produce
spores, small reproductive cells that
will grow into a fungus in favorable
conditions
Different types of Fungi
• Zygomycotes
• Ascomycotes
• Basidiomycotes
• Deuteromycotes
Zygomycotes
• Bread molds are
and example.
• Reproduce by
spore.
• Can reproduce
asexually by
producing
zygospores.
Ascomycotes
• Yeast and truffles are examples.
• Reproduce by spores.
• Yeast undergo fermentation and
are used to make bread and
alcohol like wine and beer.
Basidiomycotes
• Example –
mushroom
• Reproduce by
spores
Deuteromycotes
• Used to make
soy sauce, blue
cheese, citric
acid, and
penicillin.
Mycorrhizae
• Symbiotic
relationship with
plants.
• Fungus forms on
plant roots. More
nutrients are
absorbed by the
plants because of
the fungus. The
plant provides the
fungus with
nutrients.
Lichen
• Symbiotic relationship
between fungi and green
algae or cyanobacteria.
• Fungus provides partner
with water and minerals.
Partner provides fungus
with food.
• Lichen are the first to
colonize an area after it
has been destroyed
(primary succession)