FUNGI

IMPORTANT FEATURES

• Spores
• Multicellular or Unicellular
• Eukaryotic
• Heterotrophs
• Survive on Dead and Living Things

WHERE IT LIVES

• Forests
• Gardens
• Feet
• Foods
• Dead or Decaying Matter

HOW IT REPRODUCES

• Can reproduce sexually or asexually
• Develop a stalk and cap that pop out of the ground
• Releases Zygspores

EXAMPLES OF FUNGI

• Bread Mold
• Sac Fungi
• Club Fungi (Mushroom)
• Zygote Fungi
• Multicellular (Yeast)

HAZARDS

• Causes Diseases on Crops
• Decay of Food
• Infection of Human Tissues

BENEFITS

• Make up Yeast
• Used in Antibiotics and Other Drugs
• Decomposes Dead Corpses
• Used to Make Alcohol