“CLUB FUNGI”
Group 6: Majela Fonseca
Franco Figueroa
Period: 3 Mr. Leon Biology
“The Club Fungi”
 The Club fungi, or how is also named,
phylum Basidiomycota, acquire its name
from a specialized reproductive
structure that resembles a club.
 The Basidium is the name the sporebearing structure receives and it is
found on the gills that grow on the
underside of mushroom caps.
“Morphology of Fungi”
 These organisms are eukaryotic
multicellular. They are composed of
hyphae , filaments. The cells are
connected end to end. Their cells are long
and they are thread-like.
“Structure”
“Life Cycle of Club Fungi”
 The combination of moisture and
nutrients causes the spore-producing
fruiting bodies, well-known as
mushrooms, to push above the ground.
Mushroom begins as a mass of hyphae,
which grows fast forming a button at the
soil’s surface.
Basidiospores, or spores
 Mushrooms expand very fast, producing fully
developed mushrooms overnight, in some
cases. The remarkable growth rate that the
mushrooms show is cause by cell
enlargement, instead of cell division. A single
mushroom can produce billions of spores,
while the giant puffballs can produce over
trillions of them.
“Diversity of Club Fungi”
 Basidiomycetes also include shelf fungi,
which grow near the surfaces of dead or
decaying trees.
“Diversity of Club Fungi”
 Other examples of basidiomycetes are
puffballs, earthstars, jelly fungi, and plant
parasites known as rusts.
“Human Uses”
 Some species of fungi are edible, or pleasant
to eat. Many types of mushroom are
cultivated for food. Sliced mushrooms are a
delicious ingredient on pizza. They can be
tasty and nutritious when are cooked and
prepared in a proper way.
“Effect it causes on humans”
 On the other hand, wild mushrooms are
poisonous. Sometimes, poisonous
mushrooms look identical to edible
mushrooms, which is the reason why you
should be careful to not eat any mushrooms
in the wild. The effect that eating inedible
mushrooms may cause are severe illness, or
even death.