The document provides an overview of protists and fungi, describing their characteristics, types, and roles. It explains that protists are eukaryotic organisms that are not classified as animals, plants or fungi, and describes three main types of protists - animal-like protists (protozoa), plant-like protists (algae), and fungus-like protists. It also discusses the four main types of fungi and their structures and life cycles, as well as commercial and disease-causing fungi.

1. The Amazing World of Fungus and Protists Designed by yours truly….so you better appreciate it!

4. Protozoa or animal-like Protists Zooflagellates Move using flagella Giardia and Trypanosoma Causes stomach upsets, diarrhea, comes from contaminated water Causes African sleeping sickness, spread by the tsetse fly

5. Giardia

6. Trypanosoma

7. Protozoa or animal-like Protists Amoebas and Forams Move using pseudopodia or false feet

8. Protozoa or animal-like Protists Ciliates Use cilia for movement and feeding Paramecium live in freshwater environments.

9. Paramecium

10. Protozoa or animal-like Protists Some protozoans can’t move at all on their own They are called apicomplexans. These include Plasmodium which causes malaria, it is transmitted by mosquitos.

11. Malaria stinks!

13. Fungus-like protists-slime molds These are NASTY! Very much like real fungus because it makes fungus like hairs on it and makes sporangia and fruiting bodies. Slime molds, water molds, and downy mildews Irish potato famine was caused by a downy mildew.

14. Slime Molds

15. Fungus-like protists They are like real fungus because they break down organic material and are important decomposers and recyclers in the ecosystem. Thank you Mr. fungus-like protist!

19. Diatoms are Pretty!

20. Green Algae-most well known Chlamydomonas can sense and swim towards light Volvox is a colonial algae shaped like a ball Ulva are multicellular and form long strings and look just like plants

21. Holy Green Algae, Batman!

22. Brown-nosers!

23. The Red coats are coming!

27. The Zygote Fungi (Zygomycota) Some types of mold are actually zygote fungi. Makes structures called sporangia which they reproduce asexually with during times of prosperity and abundant nutrition. Make structures called zygosporangium to reproduce sexually when times are tough. This helps them tolerate harsh conditions.

28. The Zygote Fungi (Zygomycota) Sporangia

29. Sac Fungi- Ascomycota Include many that we can eat like morels and truffles. They form reproductive structures called the fruiting body which is what we see and sometimes eat. Forms an ascus which is the sac in which the cells fuse to create spores to reproduce.

30. Sac Fungi- Ascomycota

31. The Club Fungi- Basiomycota Includes most of the fungi you are familiar with Mushrooms yay!!!!!!! Forms structures called basidium which is used for reproduction. Makes fairy rings. Fairy rings are the outer edges of the fungus mycelium. Some mushrooms grow rapidly and appear within a few hours.

32. The Club Fungi- Basiomycota

33. Yeasts Makes great bread but stinks when you have athlete’s foot. Reproduce asexually like bacteria through budding and simple cell division. One of the few single-celled types of fungi

34. Imperfect fungi Some fungi are confused and are types of yeast but reproduce using an ascus like a sac fungus or a basidium like a club fungus. Sometimes nothing is know about their reproduction so they are classified as imperfect. Yeast cell Who you callin’ imperfect?!!

35. Imperfect fungi (Chytridiomycota )

38. Lichens= sac fungus + algae Mycorrhizae

40. Fungal Diseases

41. Fungal Diseases

43. Commercial Uses of Fungi

45. Fungus as decomposers