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    KINGDOM FUNGI

    Features Phylum Phylum Phylum Phylum


    Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota

    1. Habitat Aquatic Resistance to Marine Terrestrial


    Terrestrial unfavorable Freshwater
    environment conditions Terrestrial
    2. Nutrition Some Decomposers Most are Saprotrophs Most are Decomposers Major Decomposers
    Others Parasitic Some Parasites or Parasitic & Symbiotic Some Symbionts
    Commensals
    3. Unicellular/ Unicellular or Multicellular Unicellular or Filamentous
    Multicellular Multicellular filamentous
    Multicellular
    4. Uni-nucleated Coenocytic Coenocytic Septate Septate
    (Septate)/ Septa found only where Dikaryotic
    Multi-nucleated reproductive cells
    (Coenocytic) formed

    5. Spore Type Zoospores Zygospores Ascospores Basidiospores


    (flagellated) (Genetically identical (Eight ascospores are Exogenous
    haploid spores) produced in each
    ascus)

    6. Asexual The zoospore protoplast Produce sporangia – Conidia are produced Budding or asexual spore
    reproducing enters the cell and Genetically identical at the tip of formation
    structure grows to form a haploid spores are conidiospores which
    zoosporangium. produced. are specialized hyphae.
    The release of these Endospores produced in (Exospores in clusters
    zoospores derived sporangia. or chains)
    through mitosis.
    7. Sexual The fusion of Zygosporangium is Fusion of sexually They produce fruiting
    reproducing isogametes. produced by differentiated bodies called
    structure plasmogamy and gametangia takes place basidiocarps.
    karyogamy. and produce a sac like Produce basidia on the
    structure called asci. gills of the basidiocarp.

    8. Structure / Cell walls are made up Zygosporangium Produce sexual spores, This club-shaped
    Characteristics of Chitin. structure is resistant to called ascospores, structure normally
    drying and freezing. formed in sac-like produces four spores,
    Some form colonies
    structures called asci. known as basidiospores,
    with hyphae Metabolically inactive in
    which are produced on
    adverse environment
    Others are single large fruiting bodies
    conditions.
    spherical cell. known as basidiocarps.
    Produces spores in
    favorable environmental
    conditions.

    9. Examples Chytridium Mucor Aspergillus Agarics


    Rhizopus Saccharomyces Puffballs
    Penicillium Shell fungi

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