notesonfungi

fungi are important decomposers of organic matter. The body of most fungi are mycelium, made up of a network of filaments called hyphae. fungal walls contain chitin, a carbohydrate polymer also found in insects. the kingdom fungi is into four phyla The four different phylas are chytrids, sac fungi, zygote fungi and club fungi. A sexual fungi that have not been classified imperfect fungi. fungi have forms that suit there nutritional lifestyles. saprobes, symbionts and parsites.