Fungi

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What is the cell structure of a fungi?

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General Features� Cell Structure comprised of threadlike hyphae that form a mycelium� Non-photosynthetic� Cell walls or cellulose or chitin� HeterotrophicSaprobesParasites� Important Decomposers in the Environment� Classification based on Sexual Reproduction Methods PhylaMotile spores or gametes� Chytridiomycota Non-motile spores or gametes� Zygomycota� Ascomycota� Basiomycota Plus� Deuteromycota (non-sexual)� Lichens� Mycorhizzae Water Molds (Chytridiomycota)� Non-septate hyphae� Motile asexual spores (zo�spores)� Cell walls of chitin� Microscopic water molds� Many parasitic forms� Many unicellular forms Bread Molds (Zygomycota)� Non-septate vegetative hyphae� Vegetative reproduction with Sporangia, producing non motile spores� Haploid generation usually dominant� Gametangia (Zygosporangia) produce zygospores� Examples Bread mold
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Fungi - Page 2Sac Fungi (Ascomycota)� Septate hyphae with perforated walls� Vegetative hyphae with one nucleus/cell� Sexual reproduction in the ascus� Ascogynous hyphae 2 nucleate (Dikaryon)� Dikaryon cell reproduction by crozier formation� Asexual spores called conidia� Examples Powdery mildews Peziza yeasts morels Club Fungi (Basidiomycota)� Hyphae septate with perforations� Most hyphae are dikaryotic� Sexual reproduction in Basidia� Basidiospores borne on surface of Basidium� Cell reproduction by clamp connections� Basidiospores are non-motile� Some life cycles complex with many stages, hosts and spore types Example = Wheat rust with aecia, telia and uredia spores� Examples Mushrooms puffballs smuts rusts bracket fungi Deuteromycota� All fungi for which no sexual structures have been found� Includes many soil fungi Penicillium originally classified here, now suspected to be an Ascomycete, because of conidia formation