Fungi

What are the characteristics of Fungi?

● Consumers: Eat by absorbing food● Gets food from soil, wood, decaying organic matter, or

living plants and other organisms● Can be single-celled to the largest organisms alive● Can't move on their own● Decomposers: they feed on and break down dead

organisms

Fungi Cell Structure

Fungal cells have a cell wall made of chitin (remember that plant cell walls are made of cellulose).

Fungal Structure Multicellular fungi are organised into a mycelium - which is made from thread-like structures called hyphae.The hyphae contain many nuclei.

What are some examples of Fungi?

● Mushrooms ● Truffles● Lichen● Yeast (single celled)● Mold

Beneficial Uses of Fungi

● Used to make chemicals in manufacturing● Produce antibiotics (e.g penicillin) ● Clean the environment ● Food production ( blue cheese, mushrooms, yeast,

bread and soy sauce)

Harmful Effects of Fungi

In Humans:

● Respiratory (lung) diseases (pneumonia)● Athlete's foot ● Ringworm (makes a raised round circle that looks like it

was caused by a worm)

Fungi are also responsible for 70% of all crop disease.

Produce a poster on how Fungi reproduce. Rubric:

● Content: must have 6 stages explained. /12● Presentation: needs to have color and at least 3

diagrams. /5● Title: How Fungi Reproduce and your name somewhere

on the page /2● Needs to have the following keywords: spore,

germination, hyphae, mycelium, fertilization /5