Fungi: Molds and Macrofungi
What type of reproduction are fungi capable of?
(sexual, asexual, binary fusion, all of the above?)
sexual and asexual reproduction
What is the common name for the group of Ascomycota, especially for the larger ones?
"sac" fungi
Club fungi
What are the two phylum that are found in the sub kingdom Dikarya?
Ascomycota and Basidiomycota
hyphae
What is a common name for multicellular fungi that is not "mushrooms".
Mold
Are Ascomycota dimorphic?
Yes
they can by single celluar or grow as multicellular hyphae depending on the organism
What kind of hyphae do Basidiomycota have?
Septate
What is the name for the phylum of fungi that are anaerobic, found in the digestive tract of herbivores, lack mitochondria and have hydrogenosomes
Neocallimastigomycota
What does saprophytic mean
Absorb nutrients from dead or decaying plant or animals
What is "common" name for single cellular fungi
yeast
What kind of hyphae do Ascomycota have?
septate
What is the name of the large mushroom structure?
Basidiocarp
What is the name of the fungal phylum that are obligate intracellular parasites and lack mitochondria?
Microsporidia
What is the mode of nutrition for all fungi
(they must consume organic carbon directly, usually in the form of dead plant mater)
mostly pathogenic
can grow as molds or yeast
moldlike forms are vegetative and have aerial hyphae
Yeastlike forms reproduce by budding
Name the genus of the organism pictured here
(show picture on the board)
Penicillium sp
What is the genus and or common name for this Basidiomycota shown here
(put picture on board Basidiomycota 400)
Coprinus sp aka "shaggy mane"
What phylum of fungi are mostly aquatic, can be parasitic, and has chitin and glucan in their cell walls?
Chytridiomycota
What is the term for when 2 nuclei eventually fuse after occupying the same cell for a while
Karyogamy
Mulitcellular.
Mushrooms, puffballs and many others
reproduce sexually or asexually
thallus (aka body) has long filamentous hyphae
Name the genus of the organism shown on the board
Aspergillus sp
What is the genus and or common name for this Basidiomycota shown here
(put picture on board Basidiomycota 500)
Agaricus sp. aka "the white button mushroom"
Glomeromycota
Describe what Plasmogamy is?
A term that describes when two cells fuse together, but the nuclei do not fuse and remain distinct. This occurs during the sexual reproduction life cycle in fungi