Oomycetes			Fungi

lysine synthesis is by diaminopimeic			alpha-aminodipic acid (AAA) 

	pathway (DAP)-same as plants				occur in animals

synthesize sterols (Peronosporales don't)		all synthesize sterols (animals do)

many, if not all, are diploid					haploid or dikaryotic

have cellulose in cell wall					B,1-3 & 1-6 glucans and chitin

(B,1-3 & 1-6 glucans w/5-20% cellulose)

well-defined Golgi bodies					lacks well-defined Golgi bodies

mitochondria-tubular cristae					plate cristae

no polyols (sugar alcohols)					translocate sugar alcohols

storage products are typically					store as glycogen

	B,1-3 laminarins

sexual reproduction by gametangial contact		reproduction otherwise

"sexual" spores are oospore (2N)				sexual spores (N)-product of meiosis

meiosis is gametangial						meiosis not gametangial (some
										fungi have gametangia)

motile cells are heterokont					motile cells, if present, isokont 
											with whiplash flagellae