The ____ phase in reproduction is short lived and undergoes meiosis, producing haploid spores
diploid
What is the phylum that is defined by production of sexual spores (ascospores) in saclike asci, usually contained in fruiting bodies called ascocarps
Ascomycota (sac fungi)
Flagellated spores are a feature of what phylum
Chytridiomycota (chytrids)
____ are mutlicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with tissues that develop from embryonic layers
animals
animals ____ are held together by structural proteins such as collagen (part of the extra cellular matrix)
Fungi, animals, nucleariids and choanoglagellates form a monophyletic group or clade known as ______
opisthokonts
Chytridiomycota consists of what _____ (3)
What are the features of zygomycota?
Resistant zygosporangium as sexual stage
What does arbuscular mycorrhizae mean
inside root cells
_____ is the hat thrower fungus
pilobolus
the name _____ refers to the posterior location of flagellum
opisthokonts
______ is a form of arbuscular mycorrhizae, coenocytic hyphae, and reproduce asexually
Glomeromycota
What fungal phylum is this?
ascomycota
What are the four fruiting bodies in Ascomycetes?
naked asci, cleistotheclum, perithecium, apothecium
What type of fungi?
an association between a fungus and a photosynthetic microorganism (algae or cyanobacterium), and they are sensitive to air pollution
lichens
Nucleariids are a sister group to ____ and include amoebas that feed on algae and bacteria
fungi
What are three characteristics to Ascomycota (sac fungi)
asexual reproduction by conidia, septate hyphae, unicellular or filamentous
What fungal phylum has arbuscular mycorrhizae formed with plants?
glomeromycota (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi)
This group of fungi has the following characteristics: coenocytic hyphae, no fleshy fruiting body, reproduce sexually to form zygosporangia, and asexual reproduction by sporangiophores
Zygomycota (pin molds)
what types of tissures are unique, defining characteristics of animals?
nervous and muscle
What animal kingdom accounts for about 1.3 million living species of animals?
Animalia
What is the life cycle of an ascomyecte known as
neurospora crassa
Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes)
animals are ____ that ingest their food
heterotrophs
The phylum is defined by production of sexual spores (basidiospores) on club like structures called basidia which develop on a fruiting body known as basidiocarp
Basidiomycota (club fungi)