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Fungi
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Mind Map on Fungi, created by Chloe Cotter on 29/11/2016.
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mushrooms
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Fungi
Advantages
Some edible
Some used in the production of cheeses
Some used in antibiotics - penicillin
Yeast used in bread making
Disadvantages
Can cause food spoilage
Some poisonous - amanita
Cause plant disease - potato blight
Cause human diseases - athlete's foot
Moulds, yeast & large fungi
Don't make their own food
Large fungi
Generally edible
Field mushrooms - button
Truffles - a delicacy found underground
Visible to the naked eye
Reproduction of large fungi
1. Mushrooms start as spore
2. Produce hyphae which develop into mycelium on soil
3. Hyphae grow upwards
4. A tightly closed cap forms at the top of the hyphae
5. This increases in size & opens as the mushroom grows
6. Pink gills form underneath cap & spores are produced here
7. When the mushroom are ripe spores are released
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