The Kingdom Fungi

Mysterious MoldsMildews

And Mushrooms

1. Fungi are their own kingdom

2. Fungi are not plantsThey have a cell wall

like plants, but…..Plants make their own food (sugars) from lightFungi are more like animals than like plants

3. FungiAbsorb food from plants or other substrates (things they grow on)

They are Heterotrophs

4. 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.

5. Alexander FlemingDiscovered a blue-green mold killed the staphylococcus in his lab. It was the antibiotic penicillin.

6. Some are Parasites!Dutch Elm Disease

Athletes Foot

7. Yeasts are a type of fungus

Yeasts grow by buddingYeasts are present almost everywhere

Budding yeasts

8. YeastsDo not make their own food with photosynthesisUse food and give off carbon dioxide (CO2) through respiration

This is how yeast makes bread rise

Other types of fungi grow with hyphae

9. 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.

10. Mushrooms are another type of fungi

Forest fungi have many ecological roles Diverse Plant pathogenDecomposer Food SourceTree/Plant helper Some Poisonous

Mushrooms

AnatomyCap

Stipe

Hymenium

(gills, pores, teeth, smooth)

We use these features to ID mushrooms

ConksWoody

Sign of decay

Cups, Puffballs, Earthstars

Kingdom Fungi is a diverse kingdom!

Microscopy Photographs