FUNGI KINGDOM & PROTISTA KINGDOM

Fungi Kingdom characteristics
Fungi are eukaryotic organisms.
They are non-vascular organisms.
They reproduce by means of spores.
Depending on the species and conditions
both sexual and asexual spores may be produced.
They are typically non-motile.
Fungi exhibit the phenomenon of alteration of generation.
The vegetative body of the fungi may be unicellular
or composed of microscopic threads called hyphae.

Fungi kingdom characteristics(continue)
The vegetative body of the fungi may be
The structure of cell wall is similar to plants but chemically the fungi cell wall are composed of chitin.
Fungi are heterotrophic organisms.
They fungi digest the food first and then
ingest the food, to accomplish this the
fungi produce exoenzymes.
Fungi store their food as starch.
Biosynthesis of chitin occurs in fungi.The nuclei of the fungi is very small.

Fungi kingdom characteristics (continue)

During mitosis the nuclear envelope is not dissolved.
Nutrition in fungi - they are saprophytes, or parasites or symbionts.
Reproduction in fungi is both by sexual and asexual means. Sexual state is referred to as teleomorph, asexual state is referred to as anamorph.

Characteristics that's doesn't belong in fungi kingdom

Making their own food.
Move long-distance for transport of water and nutrients.
Have chloroplasts.

EXAMPLE OF FUNGI

• Mushrooms
• Molds
• Yeast

Protista kingdom characteristics
Kingdom Protista is a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. Protists are unicellular, some are colonial or multicellular, they do not have specialized tissue organization. The simple cellular organization distinguishes the protists from other eukaryotes. The cell body of the protists contain have a nucleus which is well defined and membrane bound organelles. Some have flagella or cilia for locomotion. Reproduction in protists is both asexual and sexual. They live in any environment that contains water.

Characteristics that doesn't belongs to the Protista kingdom
If it a prokaryotes
If it doesn't live in water or a liquid
If it kingdom is only either autotrophic or heterotrophic.

EXAMPLES OF PROTISTA KINGDOM

• Amoeba
• Seaweed
• Algae
• Slime mold