Fungi

Cards (6)

  • ●      Usually multicellular………..except Yeast!
  • ●      They have a mycelium of hyphae made from
    thread-like structures (root like)
  • ·        they have cell walls made of chitin;
  • ·        they feed by saprotrophic nutrition;  release of digestive enzymes, break down food material, and then reabsorb
  • ·        they store carbohydrate as glycogen.
  • ●      Some cause disease – these are pathogens
    eg Yeast which is single-celled and makes beer and bread.