Characteristics of fungi

• eukaryotic,

• non- vascular organisms

• reproduce by means of spores, usually wind-disseminated

• both sexual (meiotic) and asexual (mitotic) spores may be produced, depending on the species and conditions

• typically not motile, although a few (e.g. Chytrids) have a motile phase.

• like plants, fungi have an alternation of generations

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These are some of the characteristics that distinguish the kingdom Fungi from the other kingdoms.