BIO 2137 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Armillaria Solidipes, Dutch Elm Disease, Penicillin
12 Jan 2018
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Chapter 14: fungi have traditionally been grouped with plants, but actually closer to animals, biggest, a (cid:272)olo(cid:374)el (cid:862)tre(cid:373)(cid:271)li(cid:374)g aspe(cid:374)(cid:863) i(cid:374) utah, 6000 tons, 80 000 years" old, armillaria ostoyae (cid:862)shoestri(cid:374)g rot(cid:863, (cid:862)ge(cid:374)eral her(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) cali. Kingdom: fungi: fungi, are eukaryotes, like plants algae and animals, most fungi are multicellular but yeasts are unicellular, found on land, in the sea and in fresh water, fungi often associated with trees (mutualistic) Fungi and symbioses mutualism: mutualism - is a symbiosis that benefits both species. Decomposers: decomposers: decompose organic material into simpler compounds that they and other organisms can absorb and metabolize, fungi are extremely important to ecosystems for their decomposition recycles organic materials (ex n) Fungal structure: the bodies of most fungi are constructed of thread-like structures called. Hyphae: form an interwoven mat called a mycelium (collective term, all fungi have cell walls made mainly of the polysaccharide chitin (also seen in arthropods)
