What are the four main groups of fungi and a characteristic for each?

Question

What are the four main groups of fungi and a characteristic for each?

Answer 1

fungi ae classified based on their sexual reproductive strutures.Currently there are 5 divisions.

1.The Chytridiomycota are commonly known as Chytrids.These fungi reproduce asexually.

2.The zygomycota are known as zygomycetes and repoduce sexually.(black bread mold,Rhizopus is a common species.

3.The glomeromycota are also known as the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

4.The ascomycota,commonly known as sac fungi or ascomycetes.Yeast belong to this group.

5.Basidiomycota, commonly known as the dub fungi.Most common mushrooms belong to this group as well as rust and s**t fungi.

Answer 2

Another way to classify fungi is according to their properties. Here you find the four(!) main groups:

mycorrhizal fungi ( live symbiotic with the roots of legume family plants e.g. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza ),

saprophytic/saprotrophic fungi ( decompose dead organic material like fallen leaves and fruits f.e.see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saprotroph )

parasitic fungi ( live from other plants eating their nutrients, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pa... )



pathogenic fungi ( cause pests in plants, animals and humans, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_... )