Biology Questions and Answers
Fungi
- What are the main cellular
features of fungi?
There are unicellular and pluricellular
fungi. All fuheterotrophs.ngi are eukaryotes and
Fungi have cells with cell wall made ofchitin, the same substance that
constitutes the exoskeleton of
arthropods. Funcharacterize for storing gi, likewise glucose in theanimals, (^)
form of its polymer glycogen.
- Are there photosynthetic
fungi? How do fungi nourish
themselves?
All fungi are heterotrophs (so, they do
not perform phtypical decomposers, they eat andotosynthesis). Fungi are
degrade organic material.
- Fungi are classified in their
own kingdom. Into which
phyla is the fungi kingdom
divided? Into which of those
phyla are mushrooms
classified?
The kingdom fungi is divided into four
phyla: ascomycetes, basidiomyczygomycetes and deuteromycetes.etes,
Mushrooms are basidiomycetes.
- What are the hyphae and
the mycelium of pluricellular
fungi?
The main structures oare the hyphae (threadlike f pluricellular ffilamentsungi
made of contiguous uni ormultinucleated cells) and the mycelium (^)
(a set of hyphae).
- What are the types of
reproduction that occur in
fungi?
In fungi there are asexual and sexual
reproduction.by fragmentation, Fungi reproduce asexually gemmation and
sporulation. Some species can
reproduce sexfrom different individuals, even withually by fusion of hyphae
metagenesis (alternation of
generations). - What are the fruiting bodies
present in some fungi?
Fruiting bodies are structurhyphae that project radially from thees made of
superior portion of the peduncle of some
fungi. These structures contain threproductive cells of the individual. Te (^) hey
form the umbrella-like cap in
mushrooms (ascocarp in ascomycetes.basidiocarp) or the
- What is the ecological
importance of fungi?
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