Fungi

Common name

Fungi, molds

Synonyms

Eumycota

Mode of nutrition

Heterotrophic: saprophytic or parasitic

Habitat

Terrestrial, aquatic, or within host organism

Growth habit

Multicellular mycelium, or unicellular

Cell wall

Chitin

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Two whiplash, or none

Food storage

Glycogen

Clonal reproduction

Aplanospores, zoospores

Sexual reproduction

Haploid-dominant; alternation of generations

Included Phyla

Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota

Recognized by

Chitin cell wall, saprophyte or parasite.

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