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FUNGI:
Body type: unicellular or multicellular
Prokaryotic / eukaryotic: eukaryotic
Food consumption: throught absorbtion
Reproduction: both sexual and asexual
Environments: marine, terrestrial, fresh water
Number of species: about 100,000
Characteristics: Cell walls made of chitin (chit-in)
There are four phyla in kingdom fungi:
-Chytridiomycota (aquatic)
-Basidiomycota (mushrooms) about 25, 00 species
-Zygomycota (bread mold), about 1500 species
-Ascomycota (morrels, truffles), about 30,000 species
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