Fungi and their reproduction

Question 1

fungi are a kingdom. All fungi are eukaryotic heterotrophs.

Answer 1

they obtain their food by absorbing rather then by ingestion. they secrete their digestive enzymes outside their bodies and then absorb the products of digestion.

Question 2

fungi cell wall called septa are made of ?

Answer 2

chitin! - which is the same substance from which exoskeleton of arthopods are made of.
septa are perforated to allow for exchange of cytoplasm between cells.(called cytoplasm streaming)

Question 3

with the exception of yeasts, fungi are

Answer 3

multicellular

Question 4

a fungal cell may contain more then one nuclei

Answer 4

a nuclei in one cell may or may not be identical.

Question 5

fungi spend most of their lives in ?

Answer 5

haploid stage

Question 6

fungi can reproduce?

Answer 6

sexually or asexually
sexual reproduction occurs when conditions are tough
asexual reproduction occurs when conditions are good , which makes sense as you would want offspring that are same as the parent when conditions are good.

Question 7

in yeasts, asexual reproduction occurs by ?

Answer 7

budding. also called cell fission, smaller cell pitches off a parent cell.