What are Fungi?
Fungi are like plants that are not "green"; they do
not have the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll. They
have no roots stems or leaves but grow as masses of
protoplasm in dead or living organic matter. There are
about 100,000 different fungi. Some like the yeasts
are single cells but most fungi grow as branching
tubes of protoplasm called hyphae. Fungi contain
chitin which is also found in animal cells. A single organism is called a fungus.
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