What Are Fungi

What are Fungi?

Fungi are like plants that are not "green"; they do not have the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll. They have no roots stems or leaves but grow as masses of protoplasm in dead or living organic matter. There are about 100,000 different fungi. Some like the yeasts are single cells but most fungi grow as branching tubes of protoplasm called hyphae. Fungi contain chitin which is also found in animal cells. A single organism is called a fungus. [CH] {EB}