THE FUNGI KINGDOM
Cristina Bertolotti - IC Como Lora Lipomo - Aprile 2016
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FUNGI?
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WHAT ARE THEY?
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED OR SEEN THEM? WHERE? WHEN?
WHERE CAN YOU FIND THEM?
WHERE CAN THEY LIVE/GROW?
WHAT KINDS OF CONDITIONS ARE BEST FOR LIVING AND
GROWING FUNGI?
WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT …
FUNGI
SOME ARE GOOD,
OTHERS AREN’T
GOOD
SOME CHILDREN LIKE
TO EAT THEM,
SOMEONE DOESN’T
LIKE
THEY CAN LIVE IN
WOODS, IN GARDENS,
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GRANDPARENTS OR
PARENTS PICK THEM
FUNGI
THEY ARE
DECOMPOSERS
THEY CAN HAVE
DIFFERENT SHAPES,
SIZES AND COLOURS
THEY GROW IN
AUTUMN, IN GROUPS
THEY CAN GROW ON
THE SOIL / THE MOIST
SOIL
THE MOST FAMILIAR FUNGI:
MUSHROOMS
www.etsy.com/listing/12600150/vintage-1930s-british-school-poster.com
KINGDOM OF THE FOREST –FUNGI
(MUSHROOMS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4y40kFhL4
WHAT ARE FUNGI?
MUSHROOMS AND WHAT ELSE?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=70LA0mijzCM
PARTS OF A FUNGUS
FRUITING BODY
MYCELIUM
https://gcps.desire2learn.com/d2l/lor/viewer/viewfile.d2lfile/6605/8414/kingdomfungi_print.html
http://www.namyco.org/how_they_grow.php
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT ABOUT
FUNGI
FUNGI
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FUNGI
THEY ARE
MACROFUNGI
MUSHROOMS
MUSHROOMS
THEY ARE THE
FRUITING
BODIES
PRODUCED BY
SOME FUNGI
(MACROFUNGI)
MOLDS AND YEASTS
(MICROFUNGI)
THEY ARE
HETEROTROPHS
THE MOST COMMON
THE MOST COMMON/FAMILIAR
LESS FAMILIAR
THEY ARE
MULTICELLULAR
THEY CAN BE
EDIBLE OR
POISONOUS
THEY HAVE
DIFFERENT
PARTS
THERE ARE
MANY
SPECIES
THEY ARE
VARIED
THEY ERUPT
FROM THE
FOREST
FLOOR, ON THE
BARK OF TREES
OR UNDER
LEAF LITTER
THEY
LIVE IN A
WOOD
OR IN A
FOREST
THEY GROW
RAPIDLY
THEY LIVE , IN GROUP
OR SINGLE
THE LESS FAMILIAR FUNGI: MOLDS
AND YEASTS
https://www.bayeradvanced.com/find-a-product/lawn-care/fungus-control-for-lawns – http://www.123rfcom/stock-photo/rotten.html - http://www.shutterstock.com/s/antibiotics/search.html http://blog.giallozafferano.it/melybea/impasto-per-pizza-senza-lievito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_cheeses - http://doctorsane.blogspot.it/2014/08/cibi-fermentati-le-proprieta-salutari.html?m=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%27s_yeast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifungal http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/athletes-foot-toe-web-interdigital-type -
TELL OUR EXPERIENCES
With molds
With yeasts
I SEE MOLDS ON A WALL OF A ROOM
WHERE THERE IS HUMIDITY.
I SEE FRUIT (ORANGES,
STRAWBERRIES, …) COVERED WITH
MOLDS IN THE FRIDGE.
I LIKE EATING BLUE CHEESE.
I DON’T LIKE BLUE CHEESE! IT HAS A
BAD SMELL.
MOLDS HAVE A BAD SMELL.
ON TV I WATCH AN ADVERTISING
THAT SHOWED A MEDICINE TO KILL
SNAIL FUNGAL INFECTIONS.
I USE YEAST TO MAKE PIZZA, CAKES,
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FOCUS ON … MOLDS and YEASTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsQHWj2RfXg - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EhK2S29CF5g
MOLD REPRODUCTION CYCLE
https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/phylum-zygomycetes-the-zygote-fungi-14
WE HAVE OBSERVED …
Molds
Yeasts
They look soft, like a ball of cotton, a small cloud.
They are varied in colours: white, grey, brown, blue,
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They have spores.
They have long filaments of hyphae.
They reproduce by spore.
They absorb food from other organisms.
They are circle.
They are colourless.
They play a role in a liquid.
MOLDS VERSUS YEASTS
Molds
Yeasts
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Microscopic, but they are visible when they are ….
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Microscopic
Multicellular
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Unicellular
Colourful
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Colourless
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Rounded shaped
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Heterotrophs
They live everywhere, in humid conditions
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Reproduce by
they can be helpful for humans (to make medicine or food)
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They are useful for humans (to make food and drinks)
They can be harmful
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They can be harmful: they can cause infections in humans.
Long filaments
Heterotrophs
Reproduce by spore
Interesting fact: PENICILLIN
Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered
penicillin in 1928 completely by accident.
He left his science experiment out on the
counter instead of cleaning up after
himself. When he came back from his
vacation, a strange bluish fungus was
growing on it. Penicillin had been
discovered
Adapted from "Fungi are alive!" - http://k12reader.com - www.en.wikipedia.org
SUMMARY
THEY ARE MULTICELLULAR (MUSHROOM AND MOLDS) AND UNICELLULAR
(YEASTS).
THERE ARE MACROFUNGI (MUSHROOMS) AND MICROFUNGI (MOLDS AND YEASTS
ALL ARE HETEROTROPHS.
MOST FUNGI ARE DECOMPOSERS.
MOST FUNGI REPRODUCE BY SPORE.
THEY CAN LIVE IN MANY PLACE.
SOME FUNGI ARE BENEFICIAL, OTHER ARE HARMFUL FOR PLANTS, ANIMALS
AND HUMANS.