Fungi Lecture Notes 9

Flashcards about Fungi

Evolutionarily, fungi are more closely related to __ than to plants.

They're closer to being animals than plants.

The three domains of life are: __.

Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya

Fungi are main __ on the planet.

Eukaryotic decomposers

__ fungi obtain nutrients from living organisms.

Parasitic

__ fungi obtain nutrients from dead organisms.

Saprophytic

Most of the fungal biomass is in their mats of filaments called __.

Mycelia

Individual mycelia filaments (segments) are called __.

Hyphae

Each fungal cell has a cell wall made of polysaccharide __.

Chitin

Fungi utilize __ for feeding.

External digestion

The Fungal Groups Include: Chytridiomycota, Mucoromycetes, __.

Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Cryptomycetes, Microsporidians

To sexually reproduce, Mucoromycota form __ in the zygosporangium that will undergo meiosis yielding haploid zygomycete spores.

Diploid zygospores

Basidiomycota reproduce sexually via the formation of specialized club-shaped cells called a __ that bear basidiospores

Basidium

The defining feature of the Ascomycota group is the __ which contains the ascus, a microscopic sexual structure in which ascospores are formed.

Ascocarp

The three growth formations of lichen are: __, __, and __.

Crustose, Foliose, Fruticose

Some fungi form __ relationships with plant roots.

Mutualistic

Athlete’s Foot Fungus is a __ foot fungus that usually grows between the toes or on the bottoms of the foot.

Ascomycota

Parasitic fungus must infect inside the __ of the living plant in order to steal nutrients.

Epidermal cell

__ is a genus of parasitic Ascomycota (sac fungi) known as “Mind-control fungi”, or “Zombie fungi”.

Cordyceps