Black Bread Mold

Rhizopus stolonifer
Domain: Eukarya
Rhizopus stolonifer is classified as a member of the Eukarya because it has
cells that are organized into complex structures that are enclosed within
membranes, along with membrane bound nuclei and other organelles in
those cells.

Kingdom: Fungi
The kingdom Fungi consists of organisms that are heterotrophic. Rhizopus
stolonifer is a mold that lacks chlorophyll, is non-motile, filamentous, and a
decomposer of organic material.

Phylum: Zygomycota
Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to the phylum Zygomycota because it sexually
produces zygospores and is considered saprophytic and parasitic.

Class: Zygomycetes
The Zygomycetes all have chitenous cell walls in a coenocytic mycelium and
they lack motile spores.

Order: Mucorales
Rhizopus stolonifer is a member of the Mucorales because it is fast growing,
with wide hyphae, that lack septa or is coenocytic, and grow within a
substrate. Rhizopus stolonifer is also considered a member of the Mucorales
because it is a major saprophyte, or grows and acquires nutrients from dead
and decaying matter.

Family: Mucoraceae
Rhizopus stolonifer is a part of the
family Mucoraceae due to the key
feature of a swollen extension of
the sporangiophore, called the
columella. It looks like a balloon
within the sporangium and it often
persists after the spores have been
released.
Genus: Rhizopus
Rhizopus stolonifer is a member of the Rhizopus species because it is a rot
causing fungus that has columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to
the substrate by rhizoids.

Species: Rhizopus stolonifer

There are multiple species of Rhizopus, but Rhizopus stolonifer earned this
species name because it is a black mold that grows on bread and its spores
float around in the air. Rhizopus stolonifer also uses rhizoids as a way to
anchor itself to the vast array of substrates it can come in contact with.
Shiitake Mushroom
(Lentinula edodes)

Domain: Eukarya

~nucleus, cytoskeleton, membrane-bound

organelles

Kingdom: Fungi

~heterotrophic and absorbent

Phylum: Basidiomycota

~form basidia

Class: Hymenomycete

~basidiospores germinate to form mycelium, club-shaped single celled

basidium,

Order: Agaricales

~moist to dry surface, gills from white to grey-pink, white to grey-brown cap,
flattened scales on cap

Family: Tricholomataceae

~separate group due to the fact that they do not share any characteristics with
other Agaricales

Genus: Lentinula

~smooth spores, tough flesh, appear on wood, "saw-tooth" edges on cap

Species: L. edodes

~mushroom found in East Asia