Welcome to the Fungi Kingdom

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There are more than 70,000 species of the fungi present in this worl

General Characteristics of Kingdom Fungi

• These are eukaryotic in nature.
• These are the best recyclers as they are decomposers.
• These are non photosynthetic owing to lack of chlorophyll.
• These are non-motile.
• Instead of cellulose, their cell wall is made up of carbohydrate chitin.
• These are closely related to the animal kingdom rather than the plant kingdom.
• These do not contain true roots, stems or leaves.
• These digest food externally and then absorb it i.e. they are absorptive heterotrophs.
• These do not depend on light and can occupy any dark habitat along with growing in any direction.
• These can also invade the interior of any substrate with the absorptive filaments.
• Hyphae i.e. tiny filaments or tubes makes up their body. It also secretes enzymes for breaking down of organic material into simpler compounds.
• These contain multiple nuclei along with cytoplasm.
• These cannot produce their own food and can live anywhere in air, water, soil, plants, animals.
• They can reproduce by using both sexual and asexual means of reproduction.

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The fungi are associated with magic and fantasy

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Classification of Kingdom Fungi

1. Phycomycetes: found in aquatic habitats, decaying woods, in the moist and damp places, as parasites on plants.

2. Mucor/ Rhizopus: these live on the dead organic matter.

3. Albugo: these grow in the intercellular spaces of the host tissues.

4. Ascomycetes: these are saprophytic, parasitic, grow on dung and are decomposers.

5. Yeast: these are unicellular, and are either oval or spherical in shape.

6. Basidiomycetes: their mycelium is septate and branched.

7. Deuteromycetes: these are also known as the imperfect fungi owing to the fact that only their asexual and vegetative phases are known.

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Some pictures of the different types of fungi.

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Fungi are the living organisms that play a very important role in the balance of our ecosystems. If you go for a walk in a park or forest reserve and see a crop of these living things, do not damage or kill them, they are also living things, just like you and me.

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