01:119:116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nephron, Mycelium, Coenocyte

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Fungi are heterotrophs that do not ingest their food, but absorb it from their environment (cid:498)feed(cid:499) on living or non-living organisms: can produce and release hydrolytic enzymes, some use enzymes to penetrate plant cell walls & absorb nutrient. Structurally, fungi can be either multicellular filaments or single cells (yeasts) Septa: chitin strengthens fungal cell walls, cell walls prevent cells bursting, fungi with no septa are coenocytic fungi ( fig ( fig 31. 3a) cytoplasm. 31. 3b: continuous cytoplasm with no wall divisions. A mass of hyphae is known as a mycelium: mycelium is what spreads into material fungus feeds on, (cid:498)design(cid:499) maximizes surface-to-volume ratio for absorption. The part of the fungi we see above the ground * Some fungi have specialized hyphae that facilitate feeding on living organisms: some hyphae can help trap & kill living animals ( fig 31. 4a) Fungi undergo sexual and/or asexual reproduction & produce spores. Nuclei of fungi hyphae and spores are haploid in most species.

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