Kingdom Fungi

FungiNonmobile organism than

obtain food by decomposing organic matter

Once considered plants, but contain no chlorophyll and are not photosynthetic

Also unlike animals, therefore placed in own kingdom

Characteristics of FungiThey are either:

Saprobes – feed on material from previously living things (shoes, dead trees, dead animals etc.) or

Parasites – which eat or derive their energy from living things.

Characteristics of Fungi• Eukaryotic• Heterotrophic• Have cell walls with chitin

(different than plant, protist, and bacterial cell walls)

Characteristics of Fungi Most are multicellular

Some like yeasts are unicellular

Reproduction of Fungi send out spores instead of seeds. Carry pieces of broken hyphae to new

places Form Buds in which a small part of the

parent grows into a new organism.

Examples of FungiBread Mold

Examples of FungusMoldy Fruit

Examples of FungusTree Fungus

Kinds of FungiSporangia-produce spores at

the end of treelike structures called hyphae. (ex. Hyphae)

Kinds of FungiClub Fungi - have hyphae

that form branches underground. They have club shaped parts that produce spores.

Kinds of FungiSac Fungi – produce spores

in sac-like structures.

Helpful FungiFood – mushroomsUsed to make cheese – Blue CheeseUsed to make wine, beer, and whiskey (Yeast)Used to make bread riseUsed to make soy sauce from soy beansUsed to break down materials and recycle

wastes and dead organismsUsed to make certain drugs (ex. Penicillin)

Helpful Fungi• Food- Mushrooms

Helpful FungiUsed to make cheese- Blue

cheese

Helpful FungiUsed to make wine, beer, and

whiskey (Yeast)

Helpful FungiUsed to make bread rise

Helpful FungiUsed to make soy sauce from

soy beans

Helpful Fungi• Used to break down materials and

recycle wastes and dead organisms

Helpful FungiUsed to make certain drugs

(ex. Penicillin)

Harmful Fungus

Cause food spoilageCause plant disease such as rusts,

Dutch Elm Disease, and mildewCause Human diseases such as Ring

Worm, Athlete’s Foot, Thrush, lung Infections, and Yeast Infections

Destroy leather, fabrics, plastics, etc.

Harmful FungiFood spoilage

Harmful FungiCause plant disease such as rusts,

Dutch Elm Disease, and mildew

Harmful FungiCause Human diseases such as

Ring Worm, Athlete’s Foot, Thrush, lung

Ringworm

Harmful FungiAthlete’s foot

Harmful Fungi

• Thrush

Harmful FungiFungal Lung Infection

Harmful FungiYeast Infections

Harmful FungiDestroy leather, fabrics,

plastics, etc.