Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Fungus
- Structure
- Importance
- Summary
- Did You Know?
- What’s Next?
In the previous segment of the chapter ‘Microorganisms’, we learnt about the first class of microorganisms, Bacteria. In this segment, let us get ourselves introduced to the second class of microorganisms, Fungus.
What are Fungi?
Fungus
Fungi is a broad term used to cover many organisms together. This class consists of microscopic organisms like cottony growth on stale bread, as well as macroscopic organisms like mushrooms, puffballs, etc.
What is the structure of fungi?
Yeast
- Fungi can be unicellular or multicellular.
- Yeast is the only fungus that is unicellular.
- All the other microscopic fungi are multicellular in nature and have bodies comprising many cells that coordinate to bring about smooth processes. The multicellular body usually
