Fungal Diversity Flashcards
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Fungi lack
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chlorophyll
2
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The cell walls of fungi contain
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cell walls contain chitin, mannan and β -glucans – a characteristics of some animal cells. Note that cellulose is generally absent from the cell walls of true fungi. •
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Generally, fungi are divided into two broad groups - .
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microscopic and macroscopic. • i Microscopic fungi (moulds and yeasts. Moulds are multicellular, unlike unicellular yeasts. • ii Macroscopic fungi (mushrooms, puffballs, jelly fungi, etc
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Multicellular fungi are primarily
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filamentous in their growth form (i.e. their bodies consist of long, slender filaments /numerous fine branching threads, called hyphae which together form entangle mass called mycelium.
