THE FUNGUS KINGDOM
XYZ
FEATURES:
THEY ARE USUALLY MULTICELLULAR BUT SOME ARE UNICELLULAR.
THEY HAVE A NUCLEUS AND A CELL WAL WHICH IS NOT MADE OF CELLULOSE.
THEY DONT HAVE CHLOROPHYLL.
SOME ARE MULTI-NUCLEATED.
THEY FEED BY DIGESTING ORGANIC MATERIALS.
Spores of a fungi
Fungi under microscope
FUNCTIONS
THEY BREAK DOWN WASTE MATERIAL AND RETURN NUTRIENTS TO THE SOIL.
THEY CAN BE USED TO MAKE BREAD AND ETHANOL.
WE CAN ALSO OBTAIN PENICILLIN FROM VARIOUS FUNGI.
Penicillin under a microscope
penicillium chrysogenum pictomicrograph
STRUCTURE OF A
FUNGUS
EXAMPLES
Mycena chlorophos
Toadstool
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