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Fungi
• Eukaryotes (have cell walls)
• Hyphae- threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi. (pg. 479)
Where are they Found?
• Fungi need warm moist places to survive.
- moist food
- damp tree bark
- wet grass
- wet bathroom tiles
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.
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)
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.
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.