Fungi (moulds)

Question 1

Fungi

Answer 1

Can be unicellular (Eg yeast) or multicellular (eg mould)

All eukaryotic and have cell walls made of chitin

Heterotrophic - are saprophytic (bread mould and mushrooms) or parasitic (athletes foot or thrush)

Question 2

Unicellular fungi

Answer 2

Reproduce by binary fission

Question 3

Multicellular

Answer 3

Reproduce sexually by gametes or asexually by spores

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

Hyphae: branched filaments. Each hyphae contains cystoplasm and lots of nuclei. Hyphae are called coenocytes

1. Runners / stolons - hyphae that branch horizontally on surface of substrate
2. Rhizoids - branches of stolon that penetrate the substrate and anchor the mycelium
3. Sporangiosphore - hyphae that grow up vertically and develop sporangia on their tips to produce spores

Question 5

Coenocytes

Answer 5

Cell / part of organism that has many nuclei in a common cytoplasm without any cell walls