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    The document discusses the characteristics and roles of fungi. It states that fungi are eukaryotes that absorb nutrients through threadlike hyphae and reproduce sexually and asexually using spores. The document also describes how fungi function as decomposers that recycle nutrients, provide foods, and have mutualistic or pathogenic relationships with other organisms.

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    The document discusses the characteristics and roles of fungi. It states that fungi are eukaryotes that absorb nutrients through threadlike hyphae and reproduce sexually and asexually using spores. The document also describes how fungi function as decomposers that recycle nutrients, provide foods, and have mutualistic or pathogenic relationships with other organisms.

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    FUNGI

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Name and describe the characteristics of fungi and how they reproduce.
    2. Describe the roles fungi play in the natural world.

    What Are the Characteristics of Fungi?


     Fungi are eukaryotes that have cell walls, are heterotrophs that feed by
    absorbing their food, and use spores to reproduce.
     Fungi need moist, warm places to grow.
     They thrive on damp tree barks, moist foods, lawns coated with dew, damp forest
    floors, and even wet bathroom tiles.

     Fungi range in size from tiny unicellular yeasts to large multicellular fungi.
     Except for the simplest fungi, such as unicellular yeasts, the cells of most fungi
    are arranged in structures called hyphae.
     Hyphae are the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of
    multicellular fungi.
     Fungi absorb food through hyphae.
     Most fungi reproduce both sexually and asexually, guaranteeing their survival
    and spread.
     Fungi produce spores in reproductive structures called fruiting bodies.
     Unicellular yeast cells undergo a form of asexual reproduction called budding.
     In budding, no spores are produced.
     The three major groups of fungi are the club, the sac, and the zygote.
     They are classified by the appearance of their reproductive structure.

    “Club-like” Fungi “Sac-like Fungi” “Zygote-like” Fungi


    The Role of Fungi in Nature
     Fungi affect humans and other organisms in many ways.
     Fungi may act as decomposers and recyclers, or provide foods for people.
     Fungi may help fight or cause disease.
     Some fungi live in a beneficial relationship with other organisms.
     Decomposers are organisms that break down the chemical in dead organisms.
     Without fungi and bacteria, Earth would be buried under dead plants and
    animals.
     Fungi are important sources of foods such as bread, mushrooms, and
    blue cheese, and some fungi produce substances that fight bacteria.
     Yet many other fungi are parasites that cause diseases in plants and crops,
    including rice, cotton, and soybeans, as well as in humans.
     Some fungi help plants grow larger and healthier when their hyphae grow into or
    on the plant’s roots.
     A lichen consists of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live
    together in a relationship that benefits both organisms.
     The fungus benefits from the food produced by the algae or bacteria.
     The algae or bacteria, in turn, obtain shelter, water, and minerals from the
    fungus.

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