Fungi

Question 1

Examples of fungi

Answer 1

Mushrooms, moulds, mildews and yeasts

Question 2

How is fungi essential for life on earth?

Answer 2

Because they break down dead organisms and allow minerals to recycle.

Question 3

How are fungi of economic value?

Answer 3

Some are edible, some produce antibiotics, and yeasts are sued in baking and producing alcohol.

Question 4

Do fungi cause disease?

Answer 4

Some fungi cause disease

Question 5

What are 5 main features of fungi?

Answer 5

1. They do not make their own food but get their nutrients by absorbing food from an outside source.
2. They are mainly multicellular.
3. They are composed of threads called hyphae, which combine to form a visible, fluffy mass called a mycelium.
4. Their cell (or hyphal) walls are made of a carbohydrate called chitin.
5. They reproduce by spores.