Fungi

Question 1

What is the cell type of Fungi?

Answer 1

Eukaryotic

Question 2

How many cells does fungi have?

Answer 2

• few are unicellular but most are multicellular

Question 3

What is the metabolism of fungi?

Answer 3

Heterotrophs

Question 4

Does fungi have a cell wall?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Does fungi have chloroplast?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

What are examples of fungi?

Answer 6

Yeast, mould, lichen, mushrooms!

Question 7

How does Fungi feed?

Answer 7

• they will release digestive chemicals to break down food externally.
• they absorb nutrients through their cell membranes.

Question 8

Unicellular Fungi

Answer 8

• yeast are unicellular fungi
• cells have a round shape
• usually reproduce asexually by a process called budding

Question 9

Multicellular fungi

Answer 9

• mushrooms and moulds are multicellular fungi

Question 10

Anatomy of fungi

Answer 10

• hyphae: thread - like filaments that make up the basic structure
• mycelium: branching network of hyphae in soil or other nutritious environments
• fruiting body: spore - producing reproductive structure above ground
• spore: reproductive unit

Question 11

Asexual reproduction in fungi

Answer 11

1. Fragmentation: hyphae beaks off and forms a new mycelium
2. Spore production: hyphae produce spores to form a new mycelium

Question 12

Sexual reproduction in fungi

Answer 12

• usually invokes two hyphae of different “types” combing to create a “baby spore” called ZYGOSPORE

Question 13

Are moulds multicellular or unicellular? (Fungi)

Answer 13

Multicellular

Question 14

What conditions contribute to the growth of mould indoors? (Fungi)

Answer 14

• moisture and oxygen
• warm environments
• organic surfaces to provide nutrients