FUNGI REPRODUCTION TERMS Asexual Reproduction Reproduce from one

FUNGI

REPRODUCTION TERMS • Asexual Reproduction – Reproduce from one parent (Binary Fission) • Sexual Reproduction – Reproduce from two parents

WHAT ARE FUNGI? • Eukaryotic heterotrophs • Heterotrophs – an organism that gets food by _____ other organisms • Have a rigid cell wall and no chlorophyll • Found in a variety of _______, and ____

WHAT ARE FUNGI? • Live on or near a food source • Fungi are Consumers, decomposers, and parasites • Parasites are organisms that feed on other organisms of another species (host) and ______ the host • Made up of chains of cells called hyphae (threadlike fungal filiments)

WHAT ARE FUNGI • Reproduction is asexual or ______ • Fungi are classified based on their ____ and type of reproduction.

KINDS OF FUNGI Threadlike Fungi • Shapeless, ______ fungus • Ex. Mold • Live in the soil and are decomposers • Reproduce ______ AND _____

THREADLIKE FUNGI

KINDS OF FUNGI Sac Fungi • Largest group of fungi • Ex. Yeasts, powdery mildew, morels • Reproduce sexually and asexually • Made of many ____

SAC FUNGI CONTINUED • Some are very useful to humans • Ex. Yeast = bread and alcohol • Many sac fungi are _____

SAC FUNGI

KINDS OF FUNGI Club Fungi • Umbrella-shaped mushrooms • Reproduce ______ • Most of the organism grows ________

CLUB FUNGI

KINDS OF FUNGI Non Mushroom Club Fungi • Bracket fungi, puffballs, smuts, and rusts • Smuts and rusts are common _____ parasites • Often attack crops such as corn and wheat

NONMUSHROOM CLUB FUNGI

SMUT

KINDS OF FUNGI Imperfect Fungi • Includes all of the species of fungi that do not fit into the other groups • They do not reproduce sexually (______) • Most are parasites that cause diseases in plants and animals • Ex. Athlete’s Foot

KINDS OF FUNGI Imperfect Fungi • Used to create _____ and other medicines • Produce _____, soy sauce, citric acid in cola drinks

IMPERFECT FUNGI

LICHENS • Lichens are a combination of fungus and an alga that grow together • Lichens are producers (they ____ their own _____) • Unlike algae, lichens do not ________

LICHENS • Lichens only need ______, _______, and _____ to grow • Easily affected by air ______, so they help measure the ______ quality in an area. • Lichen grow on trees and _____ • Lichens help tress and plants. Trees and plants help the lichens! (Mutualism)

LICHENS