BIOL 1010 Lecture 1: Notes Fungi Kingdom
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Out of all the kingdoms the fungi kingdom is unicellular and multi-cellular organisms belonging to the genus heterotrophic phylum. Fungi are resilent living in soil and water some are even known to form parisitic and symbyotic relationships with plants and animals. Fungi are also known as eurkaryotic organisms their cells cantain membrane bound organelles and very defined nuclei. Fungi growth begins from the tip of filaments that make up the body of organisms. They also process food internally before actually absorbing it. There are over about 144,000 known species of fungi that are well know throughout the world.