The Fungi

Question 1

Fungi main features

Answer 1

They secrete digestive enzymes onto their food source and then absorb the pre-digested food.
Cell walls that contain chitin.

Question 2

Fungi body plan

Answer 2

It is unicellular in the case of yeast. When multicellular it consists of long threadlike filaments called hyphae; they form the mycelium.

Question 3

Plasmogamy

Answer 3

When fungi of two different mating types meet, their hyphae fuse and this is called plasmogamy. The cytoplasm fuses, but the nuclei remain separate. This is called dikaryotic. The process of fusing is called karyogamy.