1. Fungi are unicellular or multicellular, filamentous, colonial or mycelial.
2. They are colorless, dead or parasitic.
3. Their nutrition is heterotrophic. That is, he cannot prepare his own food.
4. Their body cannot be divided into roots, stems and leaves. That is, they are thallus shaped.
5. Fungal cells have a well-organized nucleus.
6. Their chromatin bodies contain DNA, RNA and proteins.
7. Their genitalia are unicellular and not covered by a sterile sheath.
8. They do not have transport canals or vascular bundles. That is, they are avascular.
9. Their cell division is amitosis, mitosis and meiosis.
10. Sexual reproduction of fungi is isogamous, anisogamous and eugamous in nature.
11. Sunlight is not essential for their survival.
12. Their stored food is glycogen and oil droplets. It also contains trihalose, sugar, alcohol and lipids.
13. Their cell walls are mainly made of chitin. It also contains cellulose, lipid, protein, glucan and melanin.
14. They reproduce by haploid spores.
15. Their adaptability is severe (5-500C).
16. Multicellular embryos are never formed in their life cycle.