Question: what are the 3 characteristics of fungi?
Answer: Most fungi grow as tubular filaments called hyphae. An interwoven mass of hyphae is called a mycelium.
The walls of hyphae are often strengthened with chitin, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine. ... 
Fungi disperse themselves by releasing spores, usually windblown. ... 
Fungi are heterotrophic.