by Robyn

Fungi

ribboncw2 — 2014-11-25 19:23:35 UTC

Puffballs

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Puffballs are a form of mushroom belonging to Kingdom Fungi.

Reproductive cycle

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Habitat

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Habitat

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Fungi can be found in a variety of habitats, including soil, water, and on plants and animals. Some fungi have evolved some fungi have evolved closely with their partnered plant or animal to develop a productive symbiotic relationship.

Representative Organisms

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Yeast, mold, mushrooms, corals, mildews, and toadstools.

tlebrook584 — 2015-12-07 21:59:26 UTC

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tlebrook584 — 2015-12-07 22:02:06 UTC

Life Cycle of a Mushroom

tlebrook584 — 2015-12-07 22:03:10 UTC

Question answers:

tlglott539 — 2016-05-09 12:53:54 UTC

Fungi is eukaryotic, multicellular, Fungi are intermediate, which is why they are tricky. They are called mesotrophic or autoheterotrophic. Asexual, They live in damp moist areas and thrive in places where rot is prevalent, They need a fair amount of moisture to survive.

tljmacleod546 — 2016-05-09 12:54:26 UTC

Fungi can reproduce both sexually and asexually. The majority of fungi, however, reproduce in an asexual manner.

tljmacleod546 — 2016-05-09 12:57:57 UTC

Characteristics of fungi:

tlglott539 — 2016-05-09 12:59:08 UTC

their cells contain a membrane-bound nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.

Fungi have cell walls* (plants also have cell walls, but animals have no cell walls)

Fungi cell walls are composed mainly of a carbohydrate called chitin*, while plant cell walls are composed mainly of cellulose.

Fungi are achlorophyllous, which means they lack the chlorophyll pigments present in the chloroplasts in plant cells and which are necessary for photosynthesis. Fungi are therefore incapable of photosynthesis.

The (carbohydrate) molecule used to store energy in fungi is glycogen. Glycogen is also used to store energy in the muscle and liver cells of animals but plants have a different storage molecule, called starch.

Fungi are heterotrophs, which means that they obtain nutrients by absorption. (As also applies to other living things, including plants and animals, fungi need nutrients in order to live, grow and reproduce.)

Some fungi, called saprobiontic fungi, release enzymes that help to break-down dead organic matter into chemicals that the fungi can then absorb and process as a food source. Other fungi are parasitic, meaning that they obtain nutrients directly from other living things such as trees, or even people

Saprobiontic fungi are saprobiontic organisms, also called saprobionts. They digest their food externally and then absorb the products of that 'digestion'. To do this they form very thin threads called hyphae that enable the fungus to feed on organic matter, e.g. dead and decaying bodies of plants and animals. See how saprobiontic organisms feed.

Fungi Reproductive Cycle

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tlglott539 — 2016-05-09 13:08:12 UTC

2016-05-18 15:19:45 UTC

Corals are animals, not fungi. ^ :)