What is the cell structure of fungi?

The word fungus comes from the Latin word for mushrooms. Indeed, the familiar mushroom is a reproductive structure used by many types of fungi. However, there are also many fungi species that don't produce mushrooms at all. read more

Cell Structure and Function. Fungi are eukaryotes and have a complex cellular organization. As eukaryotes, fungal cells contain a membrane-bound nucleus where the DNA is wrapped around histone proteins. A few types of fungi have structures comparable to bacterial plasmids (loops of DNA). read more

A fungal cell is made up of a nucleus and organelles. Like plants, fungi cells are surrounded by cell walls, but the cell walls do not have chloroplasts, which are the units in which photosynthesis happens, because fungi do not make food from the sun. read more

The composition of cell wall is variable among the different groups of fungi or between the different species of the same group. In the majority of fungi, the wall lacks cellulose but contains a form of chitin known as the fungus cellulose which is strictly not identical with insect chitin. read more