bio 2 unit 3 ppt 1
saprobe
A fungus that decomposes organic matter is called?
heterotrophic
Are fungi heterotrophic or autotrophic?
absorptive. external digestion
Describe fungi feeding. what type of digestion does it involved?
chytrid
Flagellate spores are characteristic of ___ fungi
colonies of hyphae
Fungi can exist in unicellular form as yeast but what is the more common form?
coenocytic
How would you describe an aseptate and multinucleate fungus?
aseptate
In ___ fungi, nuclear division results in a multinucleate condition.
hyphae
Individual filaments of cells called ___ form the fungal body.
septate
Nuclear division in ___ fungi produce individual cells separated by septa
glomeromycota
The ___ fungi are noted for forming mycorrhizal relationships
freshwater aquatic organisms
What did terrestrial fungi, plants, and animals evolve from?
sexual
What type of reproduction involves fusing hyphae of different genotypes and 2 separate nuclei per cell during the extended growth of a dikaryotic mycelium
fungi
What were the first multicellular organisms on land?
basidiomycetes
ascomycetes sexual life cycle is similar to what other fungi type?
mycorrhizae
certain fungi form ___ with plant roots in a beneficial association
substrate
fungi use different organic compounds for food from for ex. soil, rotting logs, pieces of bread, living tissue, or other materials. what is the term for this array?
ascospores
what's found in the elongated sacs (asci) produced by ascomycetes?
zygomycetes
resistant sexual zygospores are found in ___ fungi
ascomycete
sacs of sexual spores found on fruiting bodies is unique to ___ fungi
basidiomycete
the ___ fungi have sexual spores located on club-shaped structures
mycellium
the distinctive body of fungi made of a mass of hyphae is called?
chitin
what are fungal cell walls made out of?
endophytes
what are fungi that live compatibly within the leaves of plants called?
chytridiomycetes
what are the aquatic fungi with flagellated sperm and zoospores called?
basidiomycetes
what are the common mushrooms and bracket fungi we see that have sexual spores on club-shaped structures called?
Asci
what are the elongated sacs produced by ascomycetes called?
gills
what are the flat spore-bearing structures on basidiomycetes called?
septa
what are the small cells that make up the cross walls of subdivision in fungal hyphae?
formation of dikaryotic hyphae
what begins the sexual life cycle of basidiomycetes?
sporangium with haploid spores
what does the zygospore produce after it undergoes meiosis and germinates?
fruiting body
what is the complex reproductive structure formed by part of the mycellium; (what we see as mushrooms)
lichen
what is the cooperative association between fungi and certain types of algae called?
diploid zygospore (or zygosporangium)
what results when hyphae from 2 different strains in zygomycetes fuse?
dikaryotic hyphae (forming fruiting body)
what results when hyphae fuse in basidiomycetes?
Ascomycetes
what type of fungi includes cup fungi, truffles, and morels?
pathogenic
what types of fungi cause disease?