respire anaerobic to form
ethanol and carbon
dioxide
reproduce by spores
hetrotrophic
can be parasites
edible fungi e.g.
mushroom are
hard to distingust
for poisonous
deathcap
economic
benefit
produces alcohol
mushrooms are
edible
disadvantages
destroy food,
crops and a
wide range of
other
materials
can cause human,
animal and plant
diseases
rhizopus (bread mould) is a saprophyte. it has tubes of hypha(e) (forming visable mycelium)
reproduce asexually by spores, reproduces sexually when nuclei from a different mycelia fuse to
form zygospores. these remain dormant until conditions are suitable for growth
chitin cell walls and often
consists of hyphae
forming a mycelium