Croaking for Chytrids
The Zy-Guys
The Glamorous World of Glomeromycetes
Can I Asc You a Question?
In the Clerb, We all Fam
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Chytrids are unique among fungi having flagellated spores called?
Zoospores
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What is a common example of an organism found in phylum Zygomycota?
Black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer)
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How many species are found in Phylum Glomeromycota?
Approximately 160 species
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Ascomycetes are also known as?
Sac fungi
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Basidiomycetes are commonly known as?
Club fungi
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Where are Chytrids found?
In lakes and soil (some in hydrothermal vents underwater)
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What kind of relationships do Zygomycetes form with animals?
Parasitic or commensal symbiotic relationships
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Glomermycota forms arbuscular mycorrhizae with plant roots, what is arbuscular mycorrhizae?
A symbiotic relationship with plant roots, improving the plant's access to water and nutrients. The fungi colonizers the host plant's tissues ("busts" through)
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These fruiting bodies contain the asci and are a defining feature of the Ascomycetes.
Ascocarps
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A club-shaped cell in which karyogamy occurs
Basidium
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Anaerobic chytrids are found in the digestive tracts of sheep and cattle and help break down plant matter. What kind of relationship is this an example of?
Mutualistic relationship
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What type of reproduction do Zygomycetes participate in?
Sexual and asexual reproduction
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What percent of plants does Glomermycota form arbuscular mycorrhizae with?
Approximately 80%
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What type of reproduction do Ascomycetes participate in?
Sexual and asexual reproduction
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Where are basidia found?
In the gills of the basidiocarp
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Chytrids are causing a global decline in amphibians, what kind of relationship is this an example of?
Parasitic
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A thick-walled structure that arises from a zygote formed by the fusion or conjugation of two hyphal branches, produces spores and is resistant to freezing and drying.
Zygosporangia
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What type of reproduction do Glomeromycota participate in?
Asexual reproduction
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Asexual spores called this, are formed at the tips of specialized hyphae called conidiophores.
Conidia
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What type of reproduction do Basidiomycetes participate in?
Sexual reproduction
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Chytrids exist in what type of form?
Colonies with hyphae or single spherical cells
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Some zygomycetes such as this one, can actually "aim" and shoot their sporangia toward bright light.
Pilobolus
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Bonus: What is a common example of Glomeromycota?
Gigaspora margarita (a large-spored Glomeromycota species, known for its inability to grow without a host plant)
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Plasmogamy results in _______ cells having two haploid nuclei, one from each parent.
Dikaryotic
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Basidiomycetes form can form this interesting structure, according to legend, these mushrooms spring up where fairies have danced in a ring on a moonlit night.
Fairy ring