Example

Rhizopus (bread mould)

Yeast

Appearance

Reproduction

Asexual

Release of spores

Sexual

Positive and negative strains of hyphae reproduce to form diploid zygospore.

Asexual

Reproduce by budding to form a colony of identical cells.

Division

Eukariotic

Nutrition

Heterotrophic

Extra-cellular digestion – secretes enzymes and absorbs nutrients

Cell Size

Aseptate (no cross-walls)

Unicellular

Role

• Food source, eg. mushrooms
• Yeast used in the production of beer and wine
• Saprophytic fungi involved in nutrient recycling
• Parasitic fungi control populations

Disadvantages

Diseases – eg. Ringworm

Destroys crops – eg. potato blight