Lesson: Kingdom Fungi Biology • First Year of Secondary School

Students will be able to

• describe the common characteristics of organisms belonging to kingdom Fungi as being heterotrophic, unicellular/multicellular, and immobile,
• describe the cells of fungi as being eukaryotic and surrounded by a cell wall primarily made of chitin,
• recall that many fungi can reproduce sexually and asexually,
• recall that fungal organisms are classified into phyla according to their structure and method of spore production,
• describe the reproductive methods of the phyla Zygomycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota,
• apply knowledge of the phyla of kingdom Fungi to correctly classify given organisms.