Fungi

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Fungi

• Eukaryotes (have cell walls)
• Hyphae- threadlike tubes that make up the bodies
  of multicellular fungi. (pg. 479)

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Where are they Found?

• Fungi need warm moist places to survive.
• - moist food
• - damp tree bark
• - wet grass
• - wet bathroom tiles

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Reproduction

• Use spores to reproduce. (most commonly)
• Fruiting Bodies- where spores are produced.
• Budding-small cell grows from parent cell, breaks
  off, lives on own.

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Role in Nature

• Environmental Recycling (decomposers)
• Food
• Yeast, mushrooms, blue cheese
• Fights Diseases (penicillin)
• Causes disease
• Athletes foot, ring worm
• Assists in plant growth
• Bio-indicators (lichens)

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Role in Nature Cont

• Some Fungi help plants grow larger and healthier.
• Many plants cannot survive without fungi hyphae
  growing into or on the plant root.
• Ex Orchids cannot grow at all without
  their fungal partners.

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Lichens

• Lichens- fungus and algae/bacteria in
  mutualisitic relationship.
• Fungus-food
• Algae/bacteria- shelter, water, and minerals from
  fungus.
• Useful bio-indicators because they cannot grow in
  polluted air.