Chapter 20.1, Problem 3MC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The evidence that suggest that fungi are more closely related to animals that to plant.

Concept introduction:

Fungi get nutrition from dead and living organic matter on which they grow. They absorb the food by hydrolyzing the nutrients, such as simple sugars, though their cell walls. They give off special digestive enzymes to break down the complex substances into simpler forms so that they can absorb.