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Class Notes
“Fungi”
pages 236-241
What Are Fungi?
What are the three
characteristics of fungus?
1.
2.
3.
What type of environment do
fungus grow in?
Cell Structure
What are unicellular fungus ?
Multi-cellular fungi are made
up of what structures?
Define: hyphae:
What determines what a
fungus will look like?
Example, loosely tangled
hyphae vs. tightly packed
(appear solid)
Hyphae
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Fungus are heterotrophs, so
how do they obtain food?
How Do Fungi Obtain Food?
They must ingest food from autotrophs or other heterotrophs
Describe the steps of how a
fungus obtains its food.
Reproduction in Fungus
What is the asexual form of
reproduction in yeast?
What do fungi make when
reproducing?
Define: fruiting body:
Reproductive structure
What is a spore?
How are spores carried?
Why do fungi produce 1000’s
of spores at a time?
When conditions are NOT
right, how do most fungi grow?
Describe the sexual process
of reproduction in fungus.
Classification of Fungus
How are fungus classified?
What are the four types of
fungus? Include examples.
1.
2.
3.
The Role of Fungi in Nature
Name five ways that fungi
affect humans and other
organisms on this planet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1. Fungi make some food
products: Name three foods
that are made from fungus.
2. Fungi are Environmental
Recyclers: Explain how fungi
act as decomposers.
3. Fungi help fight diseases.
What is penicillin?
Who discovered penicillin?
How did he discover penicillin?
4. Fungus can cause disease.
Give examples.
5. Fungi help plants. How?
Lichens
Define: Lichen
How does the fungus benefit
from the lichen relationship?
How does the algae or
bacteria benefit from the
algae relationship?
What type of relationship is
this?
This is an example of a symbiotic relationship.