BIOL 2117: Microbiology: Fungi (yeasts and molds)

FUNGI

Fungi can be divided into three catagories:

• Mushroom: The fruiting body of fungi. Macroscopic Fungi
• Mold: Multicellular fungi, which grow in the form of long branches (called hyphae).
• Yeast: Microscopic round single-celled organisms. 

Main Characteristics of Fungi:

• Eukaryotic cells
• Non-photosynthetic (heterotrophic)
• Most fungi are multicellular but some are single-celled
• Fungi reproduce both sexually and asexually.

Classifying Fungi

Fungi are mostly classified by the shape of the reproductive structures (Fruiting Bodies)

• Phylum: Cryptomycota, Microsporidia, Blastocladiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Zoopagomycota, Mucoromycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota.

MicroWeb Mycology Image Gallery

Mycobank 

Index Fungorum

FUNGAL INFECTIONS

MykoWeb

General Mycology

Home page of the General Mycology class at Arizona State University, USA

Mycology Online

All About Fungi

Fungal Descriptions and Antifungal Susceptibility

Mushroomexpert.com

Mycology