Fungi Classification and Types

Flashcards covering key concepts and classifications of fungi based on the lecture notes.

Fungi

A kingdom of organisms that includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms.

Myxomycetes

Also known as slime molds; characterized by a naked mass of protoplasm called plasmodium.

Eumycetes

Also known as true fungi; primarily filamentous and usually characterized by a mycelium.

Mycelium

The network of filaments (hyphae) that forms the main growing body of a fungus.

Phycomycetes

A class of fungi known as algal fungi, characterized by aseptate hyphae.

Ascomycetes

A class of fungi known as sac fungi, which includes yeasts and causes many plant diseases.

Basidiomycetes

A class of fungi known as club fungi, which produce spores on basidia.

Deuteromycetes

A class of fungi also known as fungi imperfecti, lacking a known sexual reproductive stage.

Oomycetes

A subclass of Phycomycetes characterized by the production of oospores and zoospores.

Zygomycetes

A class of fungi that produce thick-walled sexual spores and are known for causing fruit and vegetable rots.

Apothecium

A type of fruiting body that is cup-like in shape, producing spores in groups.

Perithecium

A fruiting body that is ball-shaped with an ostiole for spore release.

Cleistothecium

A round fruiting body that encloses its spores and relies on animals for dispersal.

Pseudothecium

Similar to perithecium but expands and shoots enclosed spores when it absorbs water.