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Introduction to Mycology Basics

Mycology is the study of fungi, which includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms, classified under the kingdom Fungi. Fungi are eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that absorb nutrients and reproduce through spores, playing essential roles in decomposition and as sources of food and antibiotics. They can also cause diseases in plants and animals, making treatment challenging due to their genetic similarity to animals.

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Introduction to Mycology Basics

Mycology is the study of fungi, which includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms, classified under the kingdom Fungi. Fungi are eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that absorb nutrients and reproduce through spores, playing essential roles in decomposition and as sources of food and antibiotics. They can also cause diseases in plants and animals, making treatment challenging due to their genetic similarity to animals.

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By : Ali Riyadh Hameed ([Link].

Medical Microbiology )
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 Mycology:- is the study of fungi which include yeast , mold , mushroom.
. َٚ‫ اٌّشش‬ٚ ٓ‫اٌؼف‬ٚ ‫شح‬١ّ‫ تشًّ اٌخ‬ٟ‫بد اٌت‬٠‫ دساسخ اٌفطش‬ٛ٘ - :‫علن الفطزياث‬

yeast mold mushroom


o A fungus( plural: fungi or funguses) is described as an organism that feeds on
organic matter and reproduces through spores
‫اؽ‬ٛ‫اسطخ االث‬ٛ‫تىبثش ث‬٠ٚ ‫خ‬٠ٛ‫اد اٌؼع‬ٌّٛ‫ ا‬ٍٝ‫ ػ‬ٜ‫تغز‬٠ ٞ‫ اٌز‬ٟ‫صف ثأٔٗ وبئٓ ح‬ٛ٠ )‫ الفطزياث‬:‫غخ اٌدّغ‬١‫اٌفطش (ص‬

 They are normally single-celled or multi-celled and they tend to lack chlorophyll
ً١‫ف‬ٚ‫س‬ٍٛ‫د اٌى‬ٛ‫خ‬ٚ َ‫ ػذ‬ٌٝ‫ً إ‬١ّ‫ت‬ٚ ‫ب‬٠‫ ِتؼذدح اٌخال‬ٚ‫خ أ‬١ٍ‫خ اٌخ‬٠‫ْ أحبد‬ٛ‫ػبدح ِب تى‬
 It is a member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms
such as (yeasts and molds ), as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
َٚ‫ اٌّشش‬ٌٝ‫ ثبالظبفخ ا‬، )ٓ‫اٌؼف‬ٚ ‫مخ ِثً (اٌخّبئش‬١‫خ اٌذل‬١‫ تشًّ اٌىبئٕبد اٌح‬ٟ‫اح اٌت‬ٌٕٛ‫خ ا‬١‫م‬١‫ هجوىعت كبيزة ِٓ اٌىبئٕبد حم‬ٟ‫ فشد ف‬ٟ٘
‫ف‬ٌٛ‫اٌّأ‬
.‫ حيث تىجد أصٌاف كثيزة التي تشبه الوظلت في شكلها‬.‫هى فطز هثوز الذي يٌوى فىق األرض‬: ‫ = الوشزوم او عيش الغزاب أو العزهىى‬Mushroom
 These organisms are classified as a kingdom Fungi, which is separate from plants,
animals, protists and bacteria
‫ب‬٠‫ش‬١‫اٌجىت‬ٚ ‫بد‬١ٌٚ‫األ‬ٚ ‫أبد‬ٛ١‫اٌح‬ٚ ‫بد ِٕفصٍخ ػٓ إٌجبتبد‬٠‫خ وٍّّىخ اٌفطش‬١‫تصٕف ٘زٖ اٌىبئٕبد اٌح‬
 Fungi is eukaryotic, heterotrophic* organism devoid of chlorophyll that obtains its
nutrients by absorption, and reproduces by spores.
ٓ‫تىبثش ػ‬٠ٚ ، ‫ك االِتصبص‬٠‫بتٗ ػٓ غش‬٠‫ ِغز‬ٍٝ‫ تحصً ػ‬ٞ‫ً اٌز‬١‫ف‬ٚ‫س‬ٍٛ‫خ ِٓ اٌى‬١ٌ‫خ* خب‬٠‫خ اٌتغز‬٠‫ش‬١‫ غ‬، ‫اح‬ٌٕٛ‫خ ا‬١‫م‬١‫خ حم‬١‫ وبئٕبد ح‬ٟ٘ ‫بد‬٠‫اٌفطش‬
.‫اؽ‬ٛ‫ك االث‬٠‫غش‬
Characterizing of fungi ‫هويزاث الفطزياث‬
1-fungal cells have cell walls that contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants and some protists,
، ‫بد‬١ٌٚ‫ثؼط األ‬ٚ ‫خ‬١‫خ إٌجبت‬٠ٍٛ‫ خالف خذساْ خ‬ٍٝ‫ ػ‬، ‫ الكيتيي‬ٍٝ‫ ػ‬ٞٛ‫خ تحت‬٠ٍٛ‫ب خذساْ خ‬ٌٙ ‫خ‬٠‫ب اٌفطش‬٠‫ اٌخال‬-1
unlike plants do not have roots or leaves, do not contain chlorophyll, and do not produce their
own food, which contain cellulose, and unlike the cell walls of bacteria.
‫ ٌٍٕجبتبد‬ٍٞٛ‫ ) اٌدذاس اٌخ‬ٟ‫ اٌت‬ٚ ‫ب‬ٙ‫ب ثٕفس‬ٙ‫ال تٕتح غزائ‬ٚ ً١‫ف‬ٚ‫س‬ٍٛ‫ اٌى‬ٍٝ‫ ػ‬ٞٛ‫ال تحت‬ٚ ‫ساق‬ٚ‫ أ‬ٚ‫س أ‬ٚ‫ب خز‬ٌٙ ‫س‬١ٌ ‫التشجٗ إٌجبتبد‬
.‫خ‬٠‫ش‬١‫ب اٌجىت‬٠‫ تختٍف ػٓ ٌدذساْ اٌخال‬ٚ .‫ص‬ٍٛ١ٍ‫ اٌس‬ٍٝ‫ ػ‬ٞٛ‫د) تحت‬ٛ‫اٌّمص‬
[Link] bacteria can grow in low moisture and low pH environments,
، ‫ظخ‬ّٛ‫دسخخ اٌح‬ٚ ‫ثخ‬ٛ‫ئبد ِٕخفعخ اٌشغ‬١‫ ث‬ٟ‫ ف‬ّٕٛ‫ّىٓ أْ ت‬٠ ‫ب‬٠‫ش‬١‫ ػىس اٌجىت‬ٍٝ‫ػ‬ٚ -2
ٍٝ‫تُؼشف ثشىً أثسػ ػ‬ٚ ‫ اٌغزاء‬ٍٝ‫ي ػ‬ٛ‫ اٌحص‬ٟ‫ش٘ب ف‬١‫ غ‬ٍٝ‫تؼتّذ ػ‬ٚ ‫ب‬ٙ‫ب ثٕفس‬ٙ‫َ ثصٕغ غزائ‬ٛ‫خ ال تم‬٠‫خ اٌتغز‬١‫ش رات‬١‫ وبئٕبد غ‬: Heterotrophic-‫خ‬٠‫خ اٌتغز‬٠‫ش‬١‫*غ‬
. ٟ‫ئ‬ٛ‫خ اٌجٕبء اٌع‬١ٍّ‫َ ثؼ‬ٛ‫ ال تم‬ٟ‫غ اٌىبئٕبد اٌت‬١ّ‫ب خ‬ٙٔ‫أ‬
3-the fungi form was a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true
fungi ) that share a common is (a monophyletic group). This fungal group is distinct
from the structurally similar
‫ ِشتشن‬ٟ‫ تشتشن ف‬ٟ‫خ) اٌت‬١‫م‬١‫بد اٌحم‬٠‫)اٌفطش‬Eumycota ّٝ‫ تس‬، ‫خ راد اٌصٍخ‬١‫احذح ِٓ اٌىبئٕبد اٌح‬ٚ ‫ػخ‬ّٛ‫ ِد‬ٛ٘ ‫بد‬٠‫ تشىً اٌفطش‬-3
‫خ‬١ٍ‫ى‬١ٌٙ‫ب ا‬ٙ‫ت‬١ٕ‫شبثٗ ث‬٠ ٓ‫ضح ػ‬١ّ‫خ ِت‬٠‫ػخ اٌفطش‬ّٛ‫ ٘زٖ اٌّد‬.)‫اح‬ٌٕٛ‫خ ا‬٠‫ػخ أحبد‬ّٛ‫ (ِد‬ٛ٘
 Myxomycetes (slime molds :ٞٚ‫)ػفٓ اٌغش‬
 Oomycetes (water molds: ‫(ػفٓ اٌّبء‬ ‫تصٌف ضوي هولكت الطالئياث‬
Protista

Water mold on dead mayfly


4- manufacture of food and alcoholic beverages, and antibiotics
such as penicillin.
.ٓ١ٍ‫خ ِثً اٌجٕس‬٠ٛ١‫اٌّعبداد اٌح‬ٚ ‫خ‬١ٌٛ‫ثبد اٌىح‬ٚ‫اٌّشش‬ٚ ‫خ‬٠‫غ األغز‬١ٕ‫ تص‬-4

 Fungi also cause a number of plant and animal diseases: in humans,


ringworm, athlete's foot, and several more serious diseases are
penicillin
caused by fungi.
‫سح‬ٛ‫ذ ِٓ األِشاض األوثش خط‬٠‫اٌؼذ‬ٚ ، ٟ‫بظ‬٠‫ لذَ اٌش‬، ‫ اٌسؼفخ‬، ‫ اٌجشش‬ٟ‫ ف‬.‫خ‬١ٔ‫ا‬ٛ١‫اٌح‬ٚ ‫خ‬١‫عًب ػذدًا ِٓ األِشاض إٌجبت‬٠‫بد أ‬٠‫تسجت اٌفطش‬
‫ثسجت الفطزياث‬

ringworm athlete's foot


 Because fungi are more chemically and genetically similar to animals than other
organisms, this makes fungal diseases very difficult to treat.
‫خ صؼجخ‬٠‫دؼً األِشاض اٌفطش‬٠ ‫ فئْ ٘زا‬، ٜ‫خ األخش‬١‫ًب أوثش ِٓ اٌىبئٕبد اٌح‬١‫ساث‬ٚ ٚ ‫ًب‬١‫بئ‬١ّ١‫أبد و‬ٛ١‫بد تشجٗ اٌح‬٠‫ٔظشًا ألْ اٌفطش‬
.‫ب‬ٙ‫خذا ِؼبٌدت‬
 Most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their
cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter.
.‫تخ‬١ٌّ‫اد ا‬ٌّٛ‫ ا‬ٟ‫ ف‬ٚ‫ اٌتشثخ أ‬ٟ‫خ ف‬١‫ب اٌخف‬ٙ‫بت‬١‫أّٔبغ ح‬ٚ ، ‫ب‬ٍٙ‫بو‬١٘ ُ‫اظحخ ثسجت صغش حد‬ٚ ‫ش‬١‫بد غ‬٠‫ِؼظُ اٌفطش‬

 Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasitism.
.‫وزٌه اٌّتطفٍخ‬ٚ ،ٜ‫بد األخش‬٠‫ اٌفطش‬ٚ‫أبد أ‬ٛ١‫ اٌح‬ٚ ‫شبد ِغ إٌجبتبد‬٠‫بد تشًّ اٌّتؼب‬٠‫اٌفطش‬
 They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds.
.ٓ‫ وؼف‬ٚ‫ش اٌغشاة) أ‬١‫َ (ػ‬ٚ‫ شىً اٌّشش‬ٍٝ‫اء ػ‬ٛ‫ س‬، ‫ظخ ػٕذ اإلثّبس‬ٛ‫لذ تصجح ٍِح‬

mushrooms molds
 Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have
other fundamental roles . ٜ‫اخش‬
. ‫خ‬١‫س أسبس‬ٚ‫ب اد‬ٌٙٚ ‫خ‬٠ٛ‫اد اٌؼع‬ٌّٛ‫ تحًٍ ا‬ٟ‫ًب ف‬١‫سًا أسبس‬ٚ‫بد د‬٠‫ اٌفطش‬ٞ‫تؤد‬
 They have long been used ‫لقد تن استخداهها هٌذ فتزة طىيلت‬
 As direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles;
.‫اٌىّأ‬ٚ َٚ‫ شىً اٌّشش‬ٟ‫ ف‬، ٞ‫وّصذس ِجبشش ٌٍغزاء اٌجشش‬
 As a leavening agent for bread ;
‫كعاهل خويزة ٌٍخجض‬
 In the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce
‫ب‬٠ٛ‫صٍصخ اٌص‬ٚ ‫شح‬١‫اٌج‬ٚ ‫ز‬١‫ ِثً إٌج‬، ‫خ اٌّختٍفخ‬١‫ش الوٌتجاث اٌغزائ‬١ّ‫ تخ‬ٟ‫ف‬
 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and
more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used
industrially and in detergents.
‫ في‬، ‫خ‬٠ٛ١‫بد إلٔتبج اٌّعبداد اٌح‬٠‫ تُ استخذاَ اٌفطش‬، ٟ‫بد ِٓ اٌمشْ اٌّبظ‬١ٕ١‫ األسثؼ‬ٟ‫ف‬
ٟ‫ف‬ٚ ‫ًب‬١‫بد صٕبػ‬٠‫ب اٌفطش‬ٙ‫ تٕتد‬ٟ‫ّبد اٌت‬٠‫ذ ِٓ اإلٔض‬٠‫تُ استخذاَ اٌؼذ‬٠ ‫اآلوًت األخيزة‬
.‫إٌّظفبد‬
 Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and
insect pests.
.‫خ‬٠‫فبد اٌحشش‬٢‫ا‬ٚ ‫خ‬١‫األِشاض إٌجبت‬ٚ ‫ األػشبة اٌعبسح‬ٍٝ‫طشح ػ‬١‫خ ٌٍس‬١‫خ‬ٌٛٛ١‫ذاد اٌج‬١‫بد وزٌه وّج‬٠‫تستخذَ اٌفطش‬ٚ

 Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids


and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans
ٟ٘ٚ ، ‫ذاد‬١‫ت‬١‫ى‬١ٌٛ‫اٌج‬ٚ ‫بد‬٠ٍٛ‫ ِثً اشجبٖ اٌم‬، ‫ السوىم الفطزيت‬ّٝ‫ًب تس‬١‫خ‬ٌٛٛ١‫اع ِشوجبد ٔشطخ ث‬ٛٔ‫ذ ِٓ األ‬٠‫تٕتح اٌؼذ‬
ْ‫ رٌه االٔسب‬ٟ‫أبد ثّب ف‬ٛ١‫سبِخ ٌٍح‬

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