Kingdom Fungi
- Fungi is a kind of living organism. All fungi share similar traits. These traits include, they have a chitinous cell wall, they are heterotrophic, and they have a nucleus.
- Fungi acquire nutrients by living on a dead or living organism. Since fungi can't produce their own food , they have to form a relationship with another organism to get the nutrients they need. This makes them heterotrophic.
- Due to the fact that fungi are heterotrophic, they have evolved mycelium to provide for both extensive surface area and rapid growth.
- A fungi's cell wall is made up of chitinous as oppose to a plant's cell wall that is made up of allulose.
- Fungi contribute to the ecosystem in many ways. They provide food for humans such as cheese, yeasts, and mushrooms. They are also used in medicine in antibiotics and in farming. Fungi are essential for farming because without it, 80-90% of trees and grass would not survive.