Biology, Eighth Edition (Raven)

Chapter 31: Fungi

Learning Outcomes

• Understand why fungi are not classified with plants.
• Understand how fungi are fundamentally different from other living organisms.
• Understand the reproductive uniqueness of the fungi.
• Compare and contrast the four phyla of fungi.
• Describe a typical life cycle of all four fungal phyla.
• Understand the difference between the terms: monokaryotic versus dikaryotic.
• Understand the difference between homokaryotic and heterokaryotic.
• Know how yeasts differ from other fungi.
• Know what important symbiotic relationships exist between fungi and other organisms.