kingdom fungi

  • Structure: some fungi are unicellular and the majority are multicellular they are composed of fungal filaments called hyphae that are gathered to form my mycelia

  • Nucleus: It is eukaryotic

  • Cell Wall: lignin substance enters in its structure

  • Locomotion: immobile

  • nutrition: They are heterotrophic, where some of them are parasites and the others are saprophytes

  • Reproduction: the majority reproduce sexually, as well as they reproduce asexually by spores

  • kingdom fungi are classified according to the structure and ways of reproduction into 5 phyla

Division Zygomycota

  • The hyphae are not divided

  • the spores are produced inside sporangia

  • example: bread mold fungus ( Rhizopus nigiricans ) which

    • Causes black putrefaction on bread

    • an enzyme is extracted from it that is used in the cheese industry

Division Ascomycota

  • Some of them are unicellular while the others are multicellular with hyphae that are divided by septa

  • the spores are produced by sac-like structures called asci

  • examples:

    • yeast fungus: unicellular

    • Penicillium ( multicellular) which produces the penicillin antibiotic

Division Basidiomycota

  • the hyphae are divided by septa

  • spores are produced inside a club-shaped structure called basidium

  • example : mushroom fungus

    • which some of its types is used as human food