PROTIST+FUNGI

PROTIST:

• Eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animal, plant, fungi
• All protist live in moist surroundings
• Most protist are unicellular
• Kingdoms: animal like, plant like, and fungus like protist

ANIMAL-LIKE PROTIST

• They are heterotrophs
• Most are able to move from place to place to obtain food
• Are unicellular
• Can be classified into four groups

FOUR GROUPS OF ANIMAL LIKE PROTIST

• Protozoans with pseudopods
• Protozoans with cilia
• Protozoans with flagella
• Protozoans that are parasites

PLANT LIKE PROTIST

• Commonly called algae
• They are autotrophs
• Important food sources for other organisms
• Most of oxygen in earths atmosphere
• Vary in size/ color, different pigments

DIATOMS

• Unicellular protist
• Beautiful glasslike cell walls
• Some float near surfaces if lakes
• Food source of heterotrophs in the water
• When they die their cell wall forms diatomaceous

DINOFLAGELLATES

• Unicellular algae
• Algae surrounded by stiff plates that look like a suit of armor
• Come in a variety of colors/ many glow in the dark
• All have two flagella held in grooves between their plates
• They twirl like toy tops as they move through water

EUGLENOIDS

• Green, unicellular algae
• Mostly found in fresh water
• Can be heterotrophs in certain conditions
• When sunlight is available they are autotrophs

ALGAE!!

• Red algae
• Green algae
• Brown algae

FUNGUS-LIKE PROTIST

SLIME MOLDS

• Often brilliantly colored
• Live in forest floors and other moist, shady places
• Feed on bacteria and other micro organisms
• Some slime molds you need a microscope or see them
• Some can cover an area of serval meters

WATER MOLDS/DOWNY MOLDA

• Most live in water
• Often grow as tiny threads that look like fuzz
• They attack many food crops, such as potatoes
• Water mold made history when destroyed potato crops
• More than one million people in Ireland died because of the lose of crops

FUNGI

SAC FUNGUS

• Produces spores in structures
• The spores look like long sacs
• The largest group of fungi
• They include yeasts, morels, and truffles

CLUB FUNGUS

• Produces spores
• Spores produced into tiny club like structures
• This group includes mushrooms, rusts, and puff balls

ZYGOTE FUNGUS

• Produce very resistant spores
• This group contains many common fruit
• Bread molds, and fruit are included

USES OF FUNGUS

• Yeast for making bread
• Molds are used to make cheeses
• Mushrooms are good on pizza or in salad
• (don't pick wild mushrooms, they are poisonous)