Tag: Fungi

Fungi

WALT we are learning about Fungi

Fungi also have a cell wall, but instead it’s made out of a material called chitin

habitat soil or dead matterIn most of these fungi the teeth or spines are about 3 mm.

long, but in the scaly tooth fungus they can reach 12 mm. in length

participate in decomposition of organic matter and deliver nutrients for plant growth

The scientists discovered that all fungi release water to keep cool just  As water molecules evaporate, or change from a liquid to a gas, they carry heat away from the fungi’s surface

fungi are neither plants nor animals

In most of these fungi the teeth or spines are about 3 mm. long, but in the scaly tooth fungus they can reach 12 mm. in length 

The olds Fungi  is 1 billion-year-old 

There are about 100000 species of fungi, but only about 80 of them bioluminesce, or glow in the dark. They pop up in tropical and temperate forests all over the world, including North America