Fungi Flashcards
1
Q
Extracellular digestion
A
- By secreting hydrolytic enzymes outside the body
- After digestion, the nutrients are absorbed into the body by diffusion
2
Q
Saprophytic/Saprobes
A
Feeding off of dead organic material as nutrient source
3
Q
Why are they important to ecosystems?
A
Decomposers; recycle nutrients
4
Q
What are fungi’s cell walls made of?
A
Chitin
5
Q
Hyphae
A
Long slender filaments of fungi
