 MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES

 Multicellular - organisms that consist

more than one cell
 Eukaryotes- organisms whose cell
contains nucleus and
organelles that are
bounded by membrane
 LACK CHLOROPHYLL AND ARE NON-
PHOTOSYNTHETIC
 HETEROTROPHIC
 Organisms that cannot manufacture their own
food
 Obtain food by taking in organic substances (
plant or animal matter )
 Parasites - organisms that live on or in a host
and get food from the host
 Saprotrophs - organisms that feed on or derive
nourishment from decaying organic matter.
 Mutualists - organisms that interact with another
organism in which both of them are benefited.
 BODY CONSITS OF MYCELIUM
 Network of fine
tubular filaments
called hyphae
 Hyphae have rigid
cell walls that
contain chitin
  NON-MOTILE

 No cilia and flagella

 CARBOHYDRATE
STORED ARE
USUALLY GLYCOGEN

SPORES PRODUCED
SEXUALLY /
ASEXUALLY
 Classified into 3 major phyla

Based on type of spore-bearing structure

the fungi has
a) Phylum Zygomycota
eg. Rhizopus , Mucor
--
MUCOR
• Mycellium - fine network
of hypahe
• No cross walls and are
said to be aseptate or
coenocytic
* not divided into
individual cells but are
combined into an
elongated, multinucleated
giant cell
MUCOR
 Nuclei are distributed at intervals throughout cytoplasm
which is a continuous mass
 Organelles like mitochondria are able to move freely
within hyphae and may be concentrated in actively
growing regions
 Hyphae may have storage granules
 Feeds saprotrophically by means of branching hyphae or
rhizoids that penetrate substrates
 Spores are produced in structures called sporangia
which are found at the tips of specialised hyphae called
sporangiophores
 Found in damp soil or dung of herbivorous animal
b) Phylum Ascomycota
eg. Penicillium,

Saccharomyces ( yeast
)
c) Phylum
Basidiomycota
eg. Agaricus (
mushroom )