Biology Fungi

Yeast

Yeasts are unicellular, although some species with yeast forms may become multicellular through the formation of strings of connected budding cells known as pseudohyphae, or false hyphae, as seen in most molds

Basidiomycota

also called club fungi that reproduce small clublike structures called basidia The spore bearing structure above ground called basidiocarp. Mushrooms are basidiocarps basidiocarps have s stem and a cap rowed with gills.

Sporangiophore

asexual spores that are formed by different fungi. Specialized hyphae that look like upright stalks

Ascomycota

commonly known as the sac fungi. They are the largest phylum of Fungi, Ascomycota are asexual monophyletic group all of its members trace back to one common ancestor. This group is of particular relevance to humans as sources for medicinally important compounds, such as antibiotics and for making bread, alcoholic beverages, and cheese, but also as pathogens of humans and plants.

Spores

form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, fungi and protozoa. a unit of asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavorable conditions.Two gametes fuse to form a zygote which develops into a new sporophyte. This cycle is known as alternation of generations.

Zygomycota

found in soil that is rich in organism matter the hyphae of zygomycota are coenocytic

Ascus

saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi. saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.

Sporanium

spore capsule in which hapliod spores are produced by meiosos., spore capsule

Stipe

the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom. Like all tissues of the mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal tissue. In many instances, however, the fertile hymenium extends down the stipe some distance. Fungi that have stipes are said to be stipitate.

Mushrooms

A type of macroscopic fungus., Basidiomycota, Fungi

Zygospore

A zygote surrounded by a hard, protective covering

Budding

A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent.

Mold

A fungus that grows as a mass of filamentous hyphae., A rapidly growing, asexually reproducing fungus., A fungus that looks like wool or cotton

Asexual reproduction

A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

Basidia

Club-shaped structures on the underside of club fungi where spores form.

Hyphae

Filaments of fungi

Gills

Located underneath the cap lined with thousands of dikaryotic basidia

Mycelium

Many hyphae tangled together into a thick mass; comprises the bodies of multicellular fungi

Puffballs

Members of Phylum Basidiomycota that produce their spores on basidia inside a membrane, rather than in the gills or a mushroom cap.

Sexual reproduction

When two different mating types either minus or plus of the same species come in contact with another

Cap

is a structure of a mushroom. is the top and withholds all of the gills underneath it.