Chapter 20.1, Problem 6MI

Summary Introduction

To complete:

The graphic organizer to organize information about the structure of multicellular fungi. 

Introduction:

Most of the fungi such as mushrooms are multicellular, similar to the plants. But structurally they are different from the plants. The body of a fungus is the mycelium which is made of filaments called hyphae. Each hypha is divided by a septa having a nucleus.

Answer to Problem 6MI

  

Explanation of Solution

Hyphae is the thread like filaments. These filaments are the basic structural units that makes the body of the multicellular fungi. Each hypha grows at its tip and branch repeatedly to form a interwoven mass called mycelium. Hyphae are divided into cells by cross-walls called septa. Septa have large pores through which nutrients and other materials flow between the cells. A network of hyphae extends in all directions through the soil. Some of the hyphae grows above the soil developing into a reproductive structure called a fruiting body. It consists of a stalk and sporangium).