5 super groups protists Excauata Diplomonads Parabasilids Euglenozoans Chromalveolata Alueolates Dinoflagellates Apicomplexans Ciliates Straneopiles Diatoms Golden algae Brown algae Oomycetes Rhizarians Forams Radiolarians Archaeplastida Red algae Green algae Chlorophytes Cherophyceans most directly to land plants Unikonts Amoebozoans Gymnamoebas Entamoebas Slime molds Opisthokonts Animalia fungi Kingdom fungi heterotrophic don t ingest food absorb food hyphae branchlike network of structures secretes exoenzymes which digest organic matter absorb broken down organic matter Functions Decomposers saprobes Parasites Mutualistic symbiotic relationships 1 plants Animals Life cycle Majority of fungus life cycle is haploid Asexually mitosis produce more haploid spore germinate into new hyphae Sexually 2 haploid spores will fuse together 1 Plasmogamy just cytoplasm fuse Cell with 2 nuclei heterokaryotic 2 Karyogamy nuclei fuse together create diploid zygote Meiosis haploid spore Molecular evidence 1 5 billion yrs Ago Fossil record 460 million yrs Ago First colonizers of land Zygomycetes Variety Fast growing mold Parasites Symbionts sexual repr produce zygospores resistane to freezing drying
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