more fungi characteristics 2

• vegetative body may be unicellular (yeasts) or composed of microscopic threads called hyphae

• cell walls similar in structure to plants’ but differ in chemical composition--fungi cell walls are composed of mostly of chitin--plant cell walls are composed mostly of cellulose (plus lignin in secondary walls)

• cytoplasmic ultrastructure broadly similar to plants cells, but differ significantly in kinds of organelles and their structures.

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