Chapter 10 



SIMPLE PLANTS WITHOUT CHLOROPHYLL— FUNGI 



Plants Without True Leaves, Stems, or Roots; Not Forming 

 Multicellular Embryos; Without True Vascular (Conducting) 

 Tissues (Subkingdom Thallophyta) 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FUNGI 



The term fungi is no longer used in the scientific classification but com- 

 monly refers to that group of thallophytes which lack chlorophyll, which, 

 in most species, must depend upon a heterotrophic mode of nutrition 



Summary of Distinguishing Characteristics of Fungi 



*Certain species. 



fExcept certain older hyphae. 



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