The following points highlight the eight taxonomic groups of fungi. The groups are: 1. Cellular Slime Molds 2. Myxomycetes 3. Chytridiomycetes 4. Oomycetes 5. Zygomycetes 6. Ascomycetes 7. Basidiomycetes 8. Deuteromycetes. Taxonomic Group # 1. Cellular Slime Molds (Acrasiomycetes): A representative of this group is Dictyostelium discoideum. The organisms occur in humus-rich soil. Individually they are uninucleate, naked haploid amoebae [...]
In this article we will discuss about the morphological characteristics of fungi with the help of diagrams. The slime-molds are morphologically distinct from other fungi in having a body consisting of either cell wall-less amoebae (cellular slime molds e.g. Dictyostelium) or a mass of multinucleate protoplasm in which individual cells are indistinguishable (acellular slime molds e.g. Stemonitis, Ceratomyxa etc.). Other [...]
In this article we will discuss about the asexual and sexual modes of reproduction in fungi with the help of diagrams. (i) Asexual Reproduction: Asexual reproduction of fungi may take place by a variety of ways. The unicellular forms may multiply by cell division, fission or budding. Yeasts multiply either by fission as observed in the species of Schizosaccharomyces, or [...]