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Chapter 21
Kingdom Fungi
20-1 Learning Targets
• What are the characteristics of Fungi?• What is the internal structure of a
fungus?• How do fungi reproduce?
Fungi Characteristics• VERY different from plants:
– No roots, stems or leaves – Have no chlorophyll
• Eukaryotic heterotrophs with cell walls– Cell wall made of CHITIN– Digest food outside of body and THEN
absorb it through cell wall• Some absorb nutrients from decaying matter
– Called Detritus Feeders– Example of Detritus feeder: Club fungi/mushrooms
• Some live as parasites– Example of Parasitic feeder: Ring worm
• Some live in symbiotic relationship that benefits both sides
More Characteristics
• All fungi are multicellular (except yeast)• Multicellular fungi are made of tiny
filaments called hyphae– Hyphae tangle together in a thick mass
to form the mycelium or fungal body– Mycelium lies below the ground and the
fruiting body or reproductive structure is above ground (the “mushroom”)
Hyphae
Hyphae Without Cross Walls
Nuclei
Cell wall
Nuclei
Cytoplasm
Cross wall
Cell wall
Cytoplasm
Hyphae With Cross Walls
Kingdom Fungi
Mycelium
Fruiting Body
Hyphae
Fairy Rings
• Some mycelia can live for many years– Over time, the
nutrients at the center of the mycelium become depleted
– New mushrooms only sprout at the edges of the mycelium, causing a ring• Called a “FAIRY RING”
Reproduction in Fungi
• Fungi reproduce both sexually and asexually
• Fungi are classified according to their structure and method of reproduction
• General Groups:– Common Molds – Sac Fungi– Club Fungi– Imperfect Fungi
are divided into the phyla
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Fungi
Common molds
Imperfect fungi
Sac fungiClub fungi
AscomycotaZygomycota Basidiomycota Deuteromycota
20-2 Learning Targets
•What are the characteristics of the four major phyla of Fungus?
Common Molds• Phylum Zygomycota: called zygomycetes
– Common molds that grow on meat, cheese and bread
• Best Known Zygomycete: – Rhizopus stolonifer (black bread mold)
• Structure– The mycelium is the cottony white mass of a bread mold.– The black balls at the top of the filaments are called
SPORANGIA or spore cases.– This fungus sends out filaments across the top of the
bread.– These filaments secrete digestive enzymes and absorb
the digested food externally
Rhizopus
Rhizopus Reproduction• Rhizopus reproduces asexually by spore
formation– Each spore has a nucleus and is surrounded
by a black wall.– The outer wall of the sporangium is very
delicate and easily torn.• When torn, the exposed spores are quickly carried
away by air • The spores then grow and reproduce on a moist
surface.
• The mold also reproduces sexually– We will not learn this process in detail, you
just need to know that it is possible!
Rhizopus Life Cycle
FERTILIZATION
Diploid
Haploid
MEIOSIS
Sexual ReproductionAsexual Reproduction
Zygospore (2N)
Spores (N)
Sporangium
Zygospore (2N)
+ Mating type (N)Stolons
Rhizoids
- Mating type (N)Spores (N)
Sporangiophore
Sporangium
Gametangia
Sac Fungi
• Phylum Ascomycota: called Ascomycetes – Named for the ASCUS, their
reproductive structure that contains spores
– Largest Phylum of Kingdom Fungi– Some ascomycetes such as cup fungi
are visible on the ground, others like yeasts are microscopic
– EXAMPLES: Morels, Truffles
YEAST• Yeast are unicellular fungi used by humans for
baking and brewing– Cause bread to rise by producing CO2 in
fermentation
• They can reproduce sexually and form ascospores
• They reproduce asexually by budding– A bulge appears on the cell wall.– The nucleus splits and moves into the bulge.– The bulge grows but may remain attached
to the mother cell.– Chains grow and may eventually break.
Yeast Budding
Club Fungi• Phylum Basidiomycota: called basidiomycetes
or club fungi– Gets name from reproductive structure that
resembles a club (called a basidium)– The cap of the basidiomycete (like a
mushroom) is made of tightly packed hyphae•The lower side of the cap is made of GILLS
– Gills are thin blades of tissue lined with cells that produce spores
– Spores are scattered to produce more mushrooms
– Examples: Mushrooms, Shelf Fungi, Puffballs, Earthstars, jelly fungi
Basidiomycete Life Cycle
FERTILIZATION
MEIOSIS
HYPHAE FUSE
Fruiting body (N + N)
Button
Secondary mycelium (N + N)
Primary mycelium (N)
+ Mating type (N)
- Mating type (N)
Basidiospores (N)
Zygote (2N)
Basidia (N + N)
Gills lined with basidia
Gills
Stalk
Base
Cap
Haploid
Diploid
Basidiomycete Pictures
Shelf Fungi: form next to dead/decaying trees
Puffballs
Stinkhorns• Stinkhorns are a family of basidiomycetes
– They produce a foul-scented mushroom
• Their method of reproduction is different than most mushrooms, which use the air to spread their spores– Stinkhorns produce a sticky spore mass
on their tip which has an odor that attracts flies
– The flies land on the stinkhorn and collect the spores on their legs and carry it to other locations.
Stinkhorn
Just a Warning• Many types of fungi are delicacies and are
cultivated for food (Portabellas are yummy!)
• Many wild mushrooms are also edible, BUT many are POISONOUS– Many species of edible mushrooms look
identical to poisonous mushrooms
• Moral of the Story: Don’t pick and eat mushrooms unless you know what you are doing!
Imperfect Fungi
• Phylum Deuteromycota: called deuteromycetes or imperfect fungi
• Extremely diverse group– basically the misfit fungi – Fungi go here when researchers have
not found a sexual phase in their life cycles
• EXAMPLES: Penicillium, Ringworm, Athlete’s Foot
Penicillium
• Penicillium is mold that grows on fruit and is source of antibiotic
Mold on an orange
UP CLOSE!!!
Importance of Fungi
• FOOD SOURCE– Mushrooms – Morels – a delicacy– Yeast – used in baking and fermentation– Truffles – very expensive delicacy
• MEDICINES:– Penicillin – from Penicillium– Cyclosporin – anti-rejection drug
Morels and Truffles
Importance of Fungi
• DISEASES– Ringworm-from deuteromycete– Athlete’s foot fungus-from
deuteromycete– Thrush – Candida albicans– Yeast infections
• Using antibiotics increases risk of yeast infections because the medicines kill helpful, symbiotic bacteria in humans.
– Dutch elm disease– Chestnut blight
Ringworm
Importance of Fungi• IN NATURE:
– Decompose and recycle detritus.– Lichens – symbiotic relationship between a
fungus and algae (see p. 540)• Usually neither can grow on their own• Can grow in harsh environments due to relationship (fungus
gets water, minerals, and other carries out photosynthesis)
– Mycorrhizae –symbiotic relationships between plants and fungi
• Fungus helps obtain more nutrients by increasing surface area (plant also provides nutrients)
• About 90% of plants have a miycorrhizal relationship
– Fungi kill nematodes – a roundworm that attacks crops
Lichens