Fungi

Question 1

What is fungi

Answer 1

Fungi once classified in ____Kingdom Plantae___________ because they are non-motile
Scientists realized fungi:
don’t _____photosynthesize__________ like plants
no leaves or true ____roots__________
Enough differences to be in ______own kingdom______________

Question 2

General Characteristics of Fungal Cells

Answer 2

____eukaryotes_________________
______multicellular______________ (most) or ______unicellular_________________
heterotrophs
contain cell walls with ______no cellulose____________, but instead contain __chitin____________
reproduce both asexually & sexually using _____spores_________
important for ecosystem because they _break________ _down_________ organic material & ____recycle________ nutrients

Question 3

Fungi reproduction

Answer 3

Some fungi reproduce asexually & some sexually:

Asexual __budding__________________ produces two cells from one.

Asexual __fragmentation____________________ produces a new organism from a separated fragment of mycelium.

Sexual reproduction includes __spore________________ _production_______________ & release.

Question 4

Different types of fungal classification

Answer 4

case-like fungi
sac like fungi
club like fungi
Imperfect fungi

Question 5

case-like fungi

Answer 5

multicellular & mostly terrestrial
i.e. food moulds

Question 6

sac like fungi

Answer 6

Develop finger-like sacs during sexual rep.
are parasitic & saprobial
i.e. mildew, yeast

Question 7

club like fungi

Answer 7

Fruiting bodies release ___________
i.e. mushrooms & puffballs

Question 8

Imperfect fungi

Answer 8

Do not reproduce __sexually_________
Important source for pharmaceuticals (i.e. penicillum)
i.e. Trichophyton rubrum – causes athlete’s foot

Question 9

Fungal Nutrition:

Answer 9

Fungi are ____heterotrophs_______ (consumers) but DO NOT _____ingest food_______
Instead, they release ____enzymes______ into the environment to ___breakdown___________ food and then ___absrob______ digested nutrients into body via hyphae
They absorb nutrients by being: ____parasitic______, __predatory____________, _____mutualistic__________ or ____saprobial____________

Question 10

Why do we need fungi?

Answer 10

They make foods we like to eat

Fungi decompose wood and organic matter

Penicillin and other medicines
Penicillium notatum is the fungus that produces penicillin, an antibiotic