Characteristics of Fungi
Exoenzymes do what?
Break down organic matter
What are lichen highly sensitive to?
Air pollution
What type of sexual life cycle to Chytrids have?
Alternation of Generations
What systems are uniques to animals?
Muscle and nervous systems
Sponges have porous bodies made of what?
Spongin (protein fibers) and or spindles (structural elements)
What is a mycellium?
A mass of hyphae
What is mychorrhizae?
What type of hypae do Arbuscular Mycorrhizal have?
Filamenous with coenocytic hypae
What is embryonic development regulated by?
Hox Genes
What is the importance of the Venus' Flower basket?
What is the largest living fungi on earth?
Honey mushroom in Oregon
What do parasitic fungi do?
absorb nutrients from living hosts
What two fungal groups are each-others closest living relatives?
Sac and club fungi
What does Bilateral symmetry mean?
Ctenophores have what types of symmetry?
Radial
What is the main form of reproduction when environmental conditions are favorable in fungal reproduction?
Asexual reproduction
What are disease causing parasitic fungi?
Pathogens
What is a dikaryon?
Mycelium in which each compartment contains 2 genetically different haploid nuclei?
What is gastrulation?
The formation of embryonic cell layers via cell migration
What is another name for Placozoans?
Flat animals
What branch of fungi is one of the major decomposers on earth?
Saprobic
What do predatory fungi do?
Absorb nutrients (especially N) from captured animal prey
Each basidioma contains what?
Club-shaped basidia
What are the three terms to describe the presence of absence of a body cavity?
Acoelomate, Pseudocoelomate, and Coelomate
What groups are considered Anthozoans?
They include sea anemones & corals