Fungi

Question 1

Typical parts of fungal cells

Answer 1

cell membrane 
nucleus
cytoplasm
glycogen storage vacuole
budding
large permanent vacuole
cell wall

Question 2

multicellular fungi (mucor)

Answer 2

Examples:
Mucor which causes bread mould
penicillium which produces penicillin which is an example of an antibiotic

Question 3

structure

Answer 3

• composed of thread like structures called hyphae which together form a network called a mycellium
• do not photosynthesize as do not contain chloroplast
• cell walls are made from chitin
• have many nuclei in the cytoplasm
• like plants they also contain a vacuole
• stores carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 4

reproduction:

Answer 4

• the fungi’s bodies produce spores

- when these spores land, new hyphae grow branching to form a new mycellium

Question 5

nutrition

Answer 5

• saprotrophic nutrition. the digestion of dead organic material outside the body
• fungi extracellularly secrete