BIOL 1002 Chapter : Diversity Of Fungi Chapter 22 Notes
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Chapter 22: diversity of fungi: honey mushroom in oregon (largest organism on earth)- most fungi don"t produce mushrooms. The kingdom fungi consists of organisms that are eukaryotic and mainly multicellular. They are all heterotrophic decomposers that obtain their food by absorption. They secrete enzymes and digest complex molecules outside their bodies before absorbing smaller molecules (this how they are different from animals and plants). (different from animals and plants. : picture of tree of life. Most members of the kingdom fungi have the following characteristics: mycelium- mass of hyphae, hyphae (singular hypha)- one-cell-thick threadlike filaments; have division within itself called septa. Septa (singular septum)-hyphae divided by septa in some species: chitin- strengthens cell walls; animals with an exoskeleton. Spores-fungi develop from spores: spores of different fungi (figure 22-3): earthstar & pilobolus (grows on horse manure) Mycelium - is the feeding network of a fungus (sometime mutualistic and parasitic fungi)