Unit 5: The Evolutionary History of Diversity
Animations
Study Guide
Chapter 31
Fungi
Review
Fungi
are
: they cannot make their own food, but feed by secreting
and absorbing the digested organic
compounds.
Most fungi
are
, but they can also
be
and
even
.
Many fungi that reproduce asexually
grow
as
or as
unicellular
.
Fungi produce haploid
through
or
life
cycles.
There are five major fungal phyla.
Chytrids
.
Zygomycetes
.
Glomeromycetes
.
Ascomycetes
.
Basidiomycetes
.
Fungi form symbiotic relationships with many organisms.
Mycorrhizae
are
symbionts between a fungus and plant roots.
Lichens
are a
association between photosynthetic microorganisms and a fungus.
Many species of
ants
and termites raise fungi in fungus "farms".
Summary:
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