Fungi Day 1
What is mycology?
Mycology is the study of fungi
What is a mycorrhiza
fungus and root
What are protists mostly? (uni or multicellular?)
Unicellular
How is malaria spread?
Through mosquitos carrying the parasitic protist
Infection name of brain eating amoeba?
PAM - Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
What are fungi cell walls made of?
Chitin
What type of fungi are Penicillin?
Ascomyocyte
Where do most protists live?
Aquatic environments
Where do the malaria protists finally head in the mosquito?
to the salivary glands
Sporozoan Protozoa
What is the "imperfect fungi" called
Deuteromycota
What does the red cage fungus do when trying to fake its own death?
Animal-like Protists are also called?
Protozoa
What type of environment do Naegleria Fowleri live in?
Warm fresh water (ex. pools or lakes)
What does fungus cause when it invades grain (salem witch trials)
Causes purplish black sclerotia
What is the reproductive structure in the components of Fungi
Fruiting Body
What fungi was part of the Salem Witch Trials
Claviceps Purpurea
Name one type of plant-like protist.
Dinoflagellates, Diatoms, Euglenoids, etc.
What are some SPECIFIC ways that brain eating amoeba kill the brain cells?
Rips holes into brain, tries to eat cells when they are alive
Are water and slime molds fungi or protists?
Protists!
What type of relationship do Lichens have with trees?
symbiotic relationship
How does the fungus in the Salem Witch Trials effect humans
ergotism
What is the difference between ingestive and absorptive protists?
Ingestive - ingest and digest organisms
Absorptive - use diffusion to absorb food, parasitic
What is the treatment for malaria?
Artemisinin-based combination
How much bread should you cut out before eating moldy bread?
Throw the bread out!!!