Help on the classification of fungi?

Question

so im guest teaching a class and my topic is the classification of fungi. i understand it but i dont know how to condense it to make it easy to understand for kids.

and help?

Answer 1

I'd keep it simple, that first post is not going to keep kids interested or awake.

I would go down the basic route of say fungi with gills/fungi without gills. Just keep it simple.

Answer 2

~Chytridiomycota

~Zygomycota

~Ascomycota

~Basidiomycota

~Deuteromycetes

Answer 3

Check out Tom Volk's fungi web page.  It is one of the best.  Note that there is a section for "Info for Teachers."

http://tomvolkfungi.net/

Answer 4

Classification of the Fungi

http://science.kennesaw.edu/biophys/biod...

KINGDOM EUMYCOTA (THE TRUE FUNGI)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA



The phylum Chytridiomycota, the chytrids, represents a group of primitive aquatic fungi. They are characterized by having gametes that are motile by means of flagella.



ZYGOMYCOTA



The zygomycetes, in phylum Zygomycota, are characterized by the formation of sexual spores called zygospores. The zygospores are not contained within a specialized fruiting body or sac. Zygospores form when the haploid nuclei at the ends of two hyphae fuse together in a process of fertilization to form a diploid zygote. The zygote immediately undergoes meiosis to form haploid cells that develop into zygospores. The zygospores are unenclosed, or “naked,” between the parental hyphae. An example of a zygomycete is the common black bread mold, Rhizopus nigricans.



ASCOMYCOTA



The ascomycetes are members of the phylum Ascomycota. They are also called the “sac fungi” because their sexual spores (ascospores) are enclosed in tube-like sacs known as asci. The formation of ascospores is similar to that of zygospores, except that the ascospores formed by meiosis are enclosed in the asci. Neurospora crassa is an ascomycete mold that was important in studies of genetic linkage.



BASIDIOMYCOTA



Basidiomycetes, also known as the “club fungi,” are classified in phylum Basidiomycota. Their sexual spores, or basidiospores, are formed on complex fruiting body structures called basidia. Basidiomycetes include some of the most complex fungi, including mushrooms and puffballs.



“DEUTEROMYCETES”



The group known as deuteromycetes are also called the “imperfect fungi.” This group contains species for which no sexual stage has been discovered. At one time, many of the parasitic fungi were classified into this group. However, many of these species have recently been reclassified into one of the other phyla when the sexual stage was discovered. An example of a deuteromycete is Candida albicans, a dimorphic fungus responsible for “yeast infections” in humans.

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There are two other kingdoms closely related to the fungi:

KINGDOM PROTOCTISTA

DIVISION MYXOMYCOTA

Slime moulds (Division Myxomycota) are the only fungi in this diverse Kingdom (that includes numerous micro-organisms, but also the giant kelps). Members of the Myxomycota have a stage in the life cycle that lacks cell walls and is mobile.



KINGDOM CHROMISTA

DIVISION OOMYCOTA

DIVISION HYPHOCHYTRIOMYCOTA

Most members of this very diverse Kingdom are not fungi! All produce zoospores, and each zoospore has at least a tinsel flagellum. All species in this Kingdom have tubular hair-like projections on the tinsel flagellum. There are two Divisions of fungi in the Kingdom Chromista, all members of which have cellulose cell walls and are unicellular, or multicellular and filamentous. The separation of the two fungal Divisions in this Kingdom is based on the structure of the flagella on the zoospores.

In the Division Oomycota the zoospores have two flagella, a posterior whiplash flagellum and an anterior tinsel flagellum. The members of the Division Hyphochytriomycota have zoospores with just one anterior tinsel flagellum.