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CHARACTERISTICS• EUKARYOTIC• MOST
MULTICELLULAR• HETEROTROPHIC :
SAPROBES OR PARASITIC
• BODY IS MADE OF HYPHAE
• HAVE CELL WALLS MADE OF CHITIN
• EARLIEST FUNGI FOSSILS ARE ABOUT 500 MILLION YEARS OLD
• A FUNGUS IN WASHINGTON STATE COVERS AN AREA OF 1500 ACRES
• FUNGI REPRODUCE ASEXUALLY AND SEXUALLY, AND ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR METHOD OF REPRODUCTION
PROSPROS• EDIBLE• DECOMPOSERS• BREADS• PENICILLUM• CYCLOSPORINE• PREFERRED OVER
BACTERIA FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING
CONSCONS• ATHLETES FOOT• JOCK ITCH• YEAST
INFECTIONS• MOLDY BREAD• MILDEW • RINGWORM• SOME ARE TOXIC• HISTOPLASMOSIS
(95% in H.I.V. cases)• SICK BUILDING
SYNDROME
Fungi and History!
• Ergot is the common name of a fungus that infects grains.
• Eating infected bread made from the grains causes Ergotism.
• Ergotism causes convulsions, mental disturbances, and perceptual distortions.
• Women accused of witchcraft in the 1600’s may have been suffering from Ergotism!
S E X U A L R E P R O D U C TIO N
Z Y G O S P O R E S
Z Y G O M Y C O TA
A S C O S P O R E S
A S C O M Y C O TA
B A S ID IO S P O R E S
B A S ID IO M Y C O TA
U N K N O W N
D E U TE R O M Y C O TA
D IV IS IO N S
• 600 SPECIES• COMMONLY
FOUND IN SOIL & DUNG
• MOLDS
• “SAC FUNGI”• 30,000 SPECIES• FOUND IN SOIL,
DUNG, ROTTING LOGS, SALT AND FRESH WATER.
• INCLUDES: YEASTS, MORELS, TRUFFLES
• “CLUB FUNGI”
• 25,000 SPECIES
• MOSTLY TERRESTRIAL
• INCLUDES THE MUSHROOMS, TOADSTOOLS, PUFFBALLS, SHELF FUNGI, RUSTS AND SMUTS
• ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IS CALLED FRAGMENTATION.
• THIS FORM OF REPRODUCTION IS RARE IN THIS GROUP, EXCEPT IN SOME RUSTS AND SMUTS.
• “FUNGI IMPERFECTI”
• 10,000 SPECIES• TERRESTRIAL• INCLUDES
ASPERGILLUS, PENICILLUM, ATHLETE’S FOOT, & RINGWORM
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