Characteristics
Are fungi autotrophs or heterotrophs?
Heterotrophs
What substance makes up fungal cell walls?
Chitin
What domain are fungi in?
Eukarya
TRUE OR FALSE? Fungi make their own food through photosynthesis
FALSE
What structure produces spores in many mushrooms?
The fruiting body
TRUE OR FALSE? Fungi evolved from plants.
FALSE.
How long ago were fungi created?
1 billion years ago.
What are the main colours that fungi can be?
What are the two medicines (talked about in the presentation) that use fungi?
Antibiotics (Penicillin) and Insulin.
How do fungi obtain nutrients from food sources?
They absorb nutrients after breaking food down with enzymes.
How do they release enzymes?
Through a tiny network of threads called hyphae.
What are the three methods of nutrition?
1) Decomposing, 2) Parasitic, 3) Mutualistic