fungi

Fungi

No true roots

Live in moist, humid environments

Cell wall – chitin, Body - hyphae (1 or more cells)

Saprophytic - feed on decaying matter

Parasitic - live in living organisms

Classified based on how they reproduce (Spores & buds)

Zygomycetes

“Pin molds”

Sporangium & sporangiospores

Soil & dead plant materials, rapid growers

Rhizopus stolonifera (black bread mold)

Ascomycetes

“Sac fungi”

Saprophytic/parasitic

Ascocarps & ascospores

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yeast, unicellular. Reproduce through budding, fermentation)

Tricophyton rubrum (Athlete’s foot) or Tinea pedis

Cordyceps militaris / Cordyceps sinensis (Chinese caterpillar fungus/medicinal)

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (parasitic, zombie-ant fungus)

Tuber melanosporum (Black truffle)

Basidiomycetes

“Club fungi” / “Gill fungi”

Multicellular bodies

Basidium & basidiospores

Enoki, shiitake, oyster mushrooms (edible mushrooms) 

Cycopedon perlatum (puffball) (before they turn brownish and belch out their spores, puffballs are edible)

Amanita phalloides (death cap mushroom)