Fungi can be single celled or very complex multicellular
organisms. They are found in just about any habitat but most live on the land,
mainly in soil or on plant material rather than in sea or fresh water.
- Fungi are Eukaryotic organisms
- Cell wall made up of chitin , glucan , cellulose and mannose
- Cell membrane contain sterol and ergosterol
- Both sexual and asexual mode of reproduction
- Heterotrophic,saprotrophic , parasite mutualism
National Research centre on Mushrooms located at Shimla
Penicillin a broad spectrum antibiotic , discovered by
Alexander flemming in 1927 he extracted
it from Pencillium chrysogenum
Aspergillus niger is used in organic acid preperation
Aspergillus flavus produces aflatoxins , this caused the
famous X disease in turkey (Aflatoxicosis)
Vegetative
structures of fungi
Mycelium , Stroma , Sclerotium
Reproductive
structures of fungi
Asexual spores – Chlamydospore , Conidiospore , Oidiospore
, Pycnidiospore , Zoospore , Aplanospores
Sexual spores – Ascospore , Aeciospore , Basidiospore , Oospore , Pycniospore , Teliospore ,
Uredospore , Zygospore
Asexual fruiting bodies – Acervullus , Pycnidium ,
Sporodochium , Synnema
Sexual fruiting bodies – Ascocarp ( cleistothecium ,
Perithecium , Apothecium) , Aecium ,
Basidiocarp , Telium , Uredium
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