more than one cell Eukaryotes- organisms whose cell contains nucleus and organelles that are bounded by membrane LACK CHLOROPHYLL AND ARE NON- PHOTOSYNTHETIC HETEROTROPHIC Organisms that cannot manufacture their own food Obtain food by taking in organic substances ( plant or animal matter ) Parasites - organisms that live on or in a host and get food from the host Saprotrophs - organisms that feed on or derive nourishment from decaying organic matter. Mutualists - organisms that interact with another organism in which both of them are benefited. BODY CONSITS OF MYCELIUM Network of fine tubular filaments called hyphae Hyphae have rigid cell walls that contain chitin NON-MOTILE
No cilia and flagella
CARBOHYDRATE STORED ARE USUALLY GLYCOGEN
SPORES PRODUCED SEXUALLY / ASEXUALLY Classified into 3 major phyla
Based on type of spore-bearing structure
the fungi has a) Phylum Zygomycota eg. Rhizopus , Mucor -- MUCOR • Mycellium - fine network of hypahe • No cross walls and are said to be aseptate or coenocytic * not divided into individual cells but are combined into an elongated, multinucleated giant cell MUCOR Nuclei are distributed at intervals throughout cytoplasm which is a continuous mass Organelles like mitochondria are able to move freely within hyphae and may be concentrated in actively growing regions Hyphae may have storage granules Feeds saprotrophically by means of branching hyphae or rhizoids that penetrate substrates Spores are produced in structures called sporangia which are found at the tips of specialised hyphae called sporangiophores Found in damp soil or dung of herbivorous animal b) Phylum Ascomycota eg. Penicillium,