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

 

FUNGI

 

Fungi Identification with Pictures

 

 

Fungal Descriptions and Antifungal Susceptibility

 

Mushroomexpert.com

 

Image Gallery

Yeast and various fungi images, gram stains and technical cases for the advanced student.

 

Mycology