Three Groups of Fungi
Three Groups of Fungi
Zygomycetes, Phylum Ascomycota, Phylum Basidiomycota.
Ascomycota- Sexual Reproduction structure
ascoma with dikaryotic hyphae
Zygomycetes- Hyphae
aseptate and coenocytic
Basidiomycota- Sexual reproductive structure
basidioma with dikaryotic hyphae
Basidiomycota- Site of meiosis
basidium
Ascomycota- Asexual reproduction
conidia
Ascomycota- Examples
molds, mildrews, cup fungus, yeasts, morels, truffles, asexual fungi
Basidiomycota- Examples
mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi, puffballs, earthstarts, rusts, and smuts
Zygomycetes- Examples
pin & bread molds
Zygomycetes- Asexual reproduction
pin-like sporangia
Ascomycota- hyphae
septate
Basidiomycota- Hyphae
septate
Zygomycetes- Sexual reproductive structure and site of meiosis
zygosporangium
Basidiomycota- Asexual reproduction
Absent in most
Ascomycota- Site of meiosis
Ascus with ascospores