Fungi are eukaryotes .they do not possess chloroplast.as a result they
are heterotrophs that feed on dead and decaying matter.mushrooms are a type of fungi. They consists of individual filaments collectively called hyphae, which form the mycellium. They form visible fruiting bodies above the ground. This body is umbrella shaped and is called the pileus.
Underneath the pileus are gills ,from where the spores drop.
Mushrooms produces spores as a means of reproduction. When the spores are released ,they are carried by agents of dispersal such as water,air etc.when fall on favourable substrates, they germinate to form a single hyphae which then branches to form mycellium.
Plasmids are conferred through horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. The ‘male’ bacteria develops a structure called pili that then attaches to the ‘female’ bacteria. It then transfers it’s replicated plasmid to the ‘female’ bacteria in a process called conjugation. This bacteria will hence have desirable traits that are coded for by the transferred genetic material ,such as antibiotic resistance, after a process called recombination.
Photosynthesis allows plants, algae and certain bacteria to turn sunlight into chemical energy. The amazing feat is achieved because sunlight can fuel a reaction between water and carbon dioxide that, in turn, produces carbohydrates (simple sugars) and oxygen.
