fungus

How do we define a fungus?

Eukaryotic heterotrophs that have external digestive processes

How do fungi obtain food nutrition

Fungus digest dead and decaying matter in the environment

What complex molecules in plants are fungi well suited to digesting? What enzymes do they use?

Are fungi more closely related to plants or animals?

animals

What are the two body types of fungi?

Yeast & mycelia

What is the difference between hyphae and mycelia?

mycelia: the whole body

hyphae: thin filaments that collectively form the mycelia

What is a coenocytic mycelia?

multinucleated, many nuclei in a single cellular space

What are mycorrhiza? What are the two types and how are they different?

transfer nitrogen from the soil to the plant roots.

EMF: surround the roots but do not penetrate

AMF: hyphae that actually penetrate the cell walls

Know one additional fungal mutualism

leaf clutter ants

Are fungi predominantly haploid or diploid when mature?

haploid

Define plasmogamy and karyogamy

plasmogamy: cell has two nuclei & is not yet diploid

karyogamy: nuclei fuse into one diploid nucleous

What is meant when a cell is heterokaryotic?

a cell contains two more more nuclei

What is budding?

asexual reproduction where the offspring buds. off the parent before detaching

Which type of fungi has alterations of generations?

chytrids

What type of fungi is cordyceps?

ascomycota

What type of fungi is penicillin?

zygomycetes

What type of fungus is white nose disease?

ascomycota