TOPIC: BASICS OF MYCOLOGY📌 KEY POINTS🔹Mycology is the study of fungi.🔹The cell wall of fungi possesses two characteristic cell structures: chitin and ergosterol.🔹Fungi grow in two basic forms, as yeasts and molds. 🔹Elongation of the cell produces a tubular, thread-like structure called hypha (septate or nonseptate).🔹A tangled mass of hyphae constitutes the mycelium. 🔹Fungi which form mycelia are called molds or filamentous fungi.🔹In a growing colony of filamentous fungus, the mycelium can be divided into the vegetative mycelium and the aerial mycelium.🔹The fungi are classified in the phylum Thallophyta. 🔹The phylum consists of four classes of fungi:…
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