Fungus: Found everywhere, in air, soil, and even water

Groups: Yeasts, Molds, True fungus

Differences: Plants photosynthesis + have chlorophyll, fungus do not. Plants have leaves, roots, & stems, fungus do not. Plants cell wall is made up of cellulose, fungus is made up of chitin

Anatomy of a fungus: Hyphae are strands of cells that make up the body of a fungus. Mycelium are a joined bunch of tangled hyphae that can make up a fruiting body, or reproductive structure that releases spores

Chytridomycota = Primitive fungi, mostly aquatic, are primitive because they have flagellated spores

Ascomycota = Sac fungi, YEASTSM morels, penicillum, and truffels. Have the structure ascus, which is a sac that contains spores

Zygomycota= Bread molds, makes soy sauce, some are mycorrhizae, which are fungus w/ a mutalistic relationship between plant roots ( The help fix Nitrogen gas for plants to use)

Basidiomycota= Club Fungi, have a club-shaped fruiting body; mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, have rusts and smuts that can cause disease in plants

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Fungus: Found everywhere, in air, water, and soil

Differences: No photosynthesis, no chlorphyll, no leaves roots or stems, and have chitin in their cell wall

Anatomy: Hyphae are strands of cells that make up the bodies of the fungus. A tangled group of these is called mycelium, and these mycelium make up the fruiting body, or above-ground reproductive structure that produces spores

Chytridiomycota= Primitive fungi, mainly aquatic, have flagellated spores, SIMPLES & SMALLEST GROUP

Asciomycota= Sac fungus, yeasts, molds, penicillum, morells, and truffles. Have an ascus, sac-like reproductive structure that contains spores

Zygomycota= Bread molds, make soy sauce; May also be mycorrhizae, which are fungus that have mutualistic relationship w/ plant roots

Baidiomycota: Club fungi