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20.1: Fungi What is a fungus? The Characteristics of Fungi Fungi are eukaryotes, use spores to reproduce and are heterotrophs. Fungi need moist, warm places to grow Most are multicellular, yeasts are unicellular Hyphae: branching threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi Fuzzy looking molds have loosely tangled hyphae. The stalk and cap of mushrooms are closely packed hyphae. Mycelium: a complex network of branching hyphae may serve to anchor the fungus, invade food sources, form reproductive structures Cell walls of must fungi contain a complex carbohydrate called chitin Cross walls called septa divide hyphae into individual cells that contain one or more nuclei Pores in the septa let cytoplasm, organelles and nutrients flow throughout the fungus

Fungi Problem Set

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Christina Krucylak Fungi Problem Set AP Biology April 2, 2013 Fungi are heterotrophs and therefore cannot make their own food, like plants can. They absorb nutrients from the outside environment. They use enzymes to either breakdown complex molecules into simpler ones for easier absorption or to break down cell walls or membranes to absorb nutrients from a host. Fungi have a wide range of ?hosts? and they can range from parasitic relationships to mutualistic ones. Hyphae are a network of tubular membranes surrounding the plasma membrane and cytoplasm of cells. This network is both above and below ground. A mycelium is more or less the subterranean part of a hyphae tube network. A mycelium infiltrates the material on which the fungus feeds off of.

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1. There are many possible hypotheses of how fungi originally evolved. Ranging from common ancestry of plants, to diverging as an entirely separate species have all been studied. One of the most surprising facts is that fungi is actually more similar to animals than that of plant cells. Containing similar cytoplasmic organelles and a like structure of DNA have caused speculation. The present theory is that some 965 million years ago a common ancestor of both fungi and animals diverged into the different algae and single celled organisms that we now know of today. Fungi would continue to evolve until their present fruiting bodies known today which occurred around 150 million years ago.

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1. There are many possible hypotheses of how fungi originally evolved. Ranging from common ancestry of plants, to diverging as an entirely separate species have all been studied. One of the most surprising facts is that fungi is actually more similar to animals than that of plant cells. Containing similar cytoplasmic organelles and a like structure of DNA have caused speculation. The present theory is that some 965 million years ago a common ancestor of both fungi and animals diverged into the different algae and single celled organisms that we now know of today. Fungi would continue to evolve until their present fruiting bodies known today which occurred around 150 million years ago.

evolution of fungi

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1. There are many possible hypotheses of how fungi originally evolved. Ranging from common ancestry of plants, to diverging as an entirely separate species have all been studied. One of the most surprising facts is that fungi is actually more similar to animals than that of plant cells. Containing similar cytoplasmic organelles and a like structure of DNA have caused speculation. The present theory is that some 965 million years ago a common ancestor of both fungi and animals diverged into the different algae and single celled organisms that we now know of today. Fungi would continue to evolve until their present fruiting bodies known today which occurred around 150 million years ago.
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