Kingdom Fungi

General Description: -Unicellular or Multicellular
-Eukaryotes
-heterotrophs
-decomposes
-cell walls made of chitin
-reproduce sexually or asexually

Defining characteristics: 
-cell walls are chitin
-grow where oxygen and moisture are
-no light is required to grow

Evolutionary Adaptations:
-Decomposes
-Chitin cell wall- makes fungi spongy
-Fragmentation is one way of reproduction

Ecological Importance:
-Decomposers- break down dead organic material
- Break material down for nutrients

Example: 
2. Basidiomycota (club fungi)
4. habitat- moist areas (rainforest to back yard)
Niche- decomposes
5. - 25,000 species
- majority of the fungus is underground
- The name comes from the Latin "basidium", which means "little pedestal", obviously referring to the mushroom shape
- forms 37% of the fungus kingdom
- Club fungi can be found almost anywhere; in a forest, a garden, a backyard, an aquatic area, and even in feet

Chytriomyces angularis
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Chytridiales
Genus: Chytriomyces
Species: C. angularis

















Black Break Mold
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Mucorales
Family: Mucoraceae
Genus: Rhizopus
Species: R. stolonifer

Glomus
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Glomeromycota
Class: Glomeromycetes
Order: Glomerales
Family: Glomeraceae
Genus: Glomus

Arthothelium spectabile
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Arthothelium
Species: A. spectabile







Club Fungi
Kingdom: Fungi
Subkingdom: Dikarya
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
Species: A. bisporus