Fungi Are Uniquely Designed Creations
by Owen Borville
August 21, 2020
Biology
Fungi are uniquely designed creations from an Intelligent Designer. Scientists who study fungi today (called mycologists) have a difficult time classifying the fungi and classify them in a category by themself. Fungi are not animals, plants, or bacteria and do range from microscopic single celled organisms to mushrooms several inches in height to the largest that are several square miles in size. More than 100,000 classified species of fungi exist on Earth. While bacteria have prokaryotic cells, fungi have eukaryotic cells like animals and plants.
Fungi are found in many places on Earth, including on land, in water, and even on or inside plants and animals. Fungi were once classified as plants and have similarities to plants but have noticable differences. One major difference is that fungi cell walls are composed of chitin rather than cellulose (as in plants). Another major difference is that fungi do not make their own food like plants do through photosynthesis and fungi do not possess chlorophyll like plants do.
Fungi reproduce by releasing spores in to the wind or water. These spores are like seeds that find a new home and begin to grow into new fungi. Creationists believe that this process of releasing spores to create new offspring are part of a unique creation and not random evolution.
Most fungi cannot move, or are non-mobile, and have no mechanisms for locomotion, which differentiates them from animals and is the one of the main reasons that scientists classify fungi separate from animals. Fungi don't chew food, drink water, or breathe air.
Types of Fungi There are several types of fungi including club fungi, which includes the mushrooms, molds, sac fungi, imperfect fungi, and yeast. Mushrooms are the commonly known dome or umbrella shaped structures with a cylindrical stem in to the ground or from tree bak or other biomaterial and grow like plants. Mold is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. Molds grow on top of other plants and biomaterials and feed off of them. Yeasts are small, rounded, single-celled fungi that help make bread rise. As yeast grows, it converts its food (through a process known as fermentation) into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide makes the bread rise. The yeast only needs moisture, warm temperature, and food in the form of sugar. Mold is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. Sac fungi get their names from the fact that they produce their spores, called ascospores, in special pods or sac-like structures called asci. Another group of fungi are known as imperfect fungi, because their only known form of reproduction is asexual, in contrast with other fungi that reproduce both sexually and asexually. The diversity of the types of fungi, their diverse anatomy and morphology make their classification difficult and proclaim the creativity of an Intelligent Designer.
Significance of Fungi Fungi are sources of food for many animals and humans. Yeast, a type of fungi, helps in baking bread and to ferment beverages. Fungi also help decompose organic matter and this decomposition is necessary for many of the cycles of life such as the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles and makes fungi very important to the environment and ecosystems. Fungi eat decomposed matter and also eat off of their hosts like parasites. By breaking down organic matter, fungi release carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen into the soil and the atmosphere, which are used by other plants and animals. Creationists believe that these cycles are part of a unique creation and not the product of random evolution. Some fungi are used as medicine to kill bacteria that can cause infections and disease in humans. Fungi are also used to make antibiotics like penicillin and cephalosporin.
by Owen Borville
August 21, 2020
Biology
Fungi are uniquely designed creations from an Intelligent Designer. Scientists who study fungi today (called mycologists) have a difficult time classifying the fungi and classify them in a category by themself. Fungi are not animals, plants, or bacteria and do range from microscopic single celled organisms to mushrooms several inches in height to the largest that are several square miles in size. More than 100,000 classified species of fungi exist on Earth. While bacteria have prokaryotic cells, fungi have eukaryotic cells like animals and plants.
Fungi are found in many places on Earth, including on land, in water, and even on or inside plants and animals. Fungi were once classified as plants and have similarities to plants but have noticable differences. One major difference is that fungi cell walls are composed of chitin rather than cellulose (as in plants). Another major difference is that fungi do not make their own food like plants do through photosynthesis and fungi do not possess chlorophyll like plants do.
Fungi reproduce by releasing spores in to the wind or water. These spores are like seeds that find a new home and begin to grow into new fungi. Creationists believe that this process of releasing spores to create new offspring are part of a unique creation and not random evolution.
Most fungi cannot move, or are non-mobile, and have no mechanisms for locomotion, which differentiates them from animals and is the one of the main reasons that scientists classify fungi separate from animals. Fungi don't chew food, drink water, or breathe air.
Types of Fungi There are several types of fungi including club fungi, which includes the mushrooms, molds, sac fungi, imperfect fungi, and yeast. Mushrooms are the commonly known dome or umbrella shaped structures with a cylindrical stem in to the ground or from tree bak or other biomaterial and grow like plants. Mold is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. Molds grow on top of other plants and biomaterials and feed off of them. Yeasts are small, rounded, single-celled fungi that help make bread rise. As yeast grows, it converts its food (through a process known as fermentation) into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide makes the bread rise. The yeast only needs moisture, warm temperature, and food in the form of sugar. Mold is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. Sac fungi get their names from the fact that they produce their spores, called ascospores, in special pods or sac-like structures called asci. Another group of fungi are known as imperfect fungi, because their only known form of reproduction is asexual, in contrast with other fungi that reproduce both sexually and asexually. The diversity of the types of fungi, their diverse anatomy and morphology make their classification difficult and proclaim the creativity of an Intelligent Designer.
Significance of Fungi Fungi are sources of food for many animals and humans. Yeast, a type of fungi, helps in baking bread and to ferment beverages. Fungi also help decompose organic matter and this decomposition is necessary for many of the cycles of life such as the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles and makes fungi very important to the environment and ecosystems. Fungi eat decomposed matter and also eat off of their hosts like parasites. By breaking down organic matter, fungi release carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen into the soil and the atmosphere, which are used by other plants and animals. Creationists believe that these cycles are part of a unique creation and not the product of random evolution. Some fungi are used as medicine to kill bacteria that can cause infections and disease in humans. Fungi are also used to make antibiotics like penicillin and cephalosporin.
