Download Fungus Powerpoint

The Kingdom Fungi
Mysterious Molds
Mildews
And Mushrooms
Fungi are their own kingdom
Fungi are not plants
They have a cell wall like
plants, but…..
Plants make their own
food (sugars) from light
Fungi are more like
animals than like plants
Fungi
Absorb food from plants or other
substrates (things they grow on)
They are Heterotrophs
Fungi
- Asexual (will look like a clone)
- Reproduce with spores or budding
- Sexual( most diverse)
- produce with spores/fruiting bodies
Sexual
reproduction
gives the most
diverse genes
and increases
the chance for
survival.
Alexander Fleming
Discovered a blue-green mold killed the
staphylococcus in his lab. It was the
antibiotic penicillin.
Some are Parasites!
Dutch Elm Disease
Athletes Foot
Yeasts are a type of fungus
Yeasts grow by budding
Yeasts are present almost everywhere
Budding yeasts
Yeasts
Do not make their own food with
photosynthesis
Use food and give off carbon dioxide
(CO2) through respiration
This is how yeast
makes bread rise
Other types of fungi grow with
hyphae
Hyphae are strands
that are much smaller
than human hair.
When you peel away
bark from a dead,
fallen tree, white
hyphae are sometimes
visible.
Mushrooms
are another type of fungi
Forest fungi have many ecological roles
Diverse
Plant pathogen
Decomposer
Food Source
Tree/Plant helper
Some Poisonous
Mushrooms
Anatomy
Cap
Stipe
Hymenium
(gills, pores, teeth,
smooth)
We use these
features to ID
mushrooms
Conks
Woody
Sign of decay
Cups, Puffballs, Earthstars
Kingdom Fungi is a diverse
kingdom!
Microscopy Photographs