FUNGI

CHARACTERISTICS OF FUNGI:

-EUKARYOTIC
-SINGLE-CELLED OR MULTICELLULAR
-HETEROTROPHS (they can't make their own food because they don't have chlorophyll for photosynthesis)
-THEY HAVE A CELL WALL MADE OF CHITIN
-THEY GROW IN WET PLACES (they need humidity to grow)

TYPES OF FUNGI:

SINGLE-CELLED: YEASTS

Yeast are important because they cause fermentation  and are used to make various products such as bread, beer or wine

MULTICELLULAR: MOULDS AND MUSHROOMS

Their cells are grouped into filaments called hyphae. Moulds are very important in ecosistems because they are decomposers.
Mushrooms can be toxic or edible, some of them are a great source of nutrients and have excellent flavours like Boletus edulis or Amanita caesarea. Others are very poisonous and they can kill people like Amanita phalloides.