MVP 2026 - Mycology Objectives

List features that separate fungi from plants and animals

• Have cell wall, but lack chloroplasts/chlorophyll

• Gain energy through decomposition, but nutrients are absorbed rather than ingested

• Reproduce via budding, spores, and fragmentation, not seeds

• Cell membrane contains ergosterol, not cholesterol

Which group(s) of fungi reproduce via budding?

Yeasts

Which group(s) of fungi reproduce via both budding and spores?

Thermally dimorphic

Define hyphae

Filaments that make up multicellular fungi

Define mycelium

A mass of hyphae

Define spores

Sexual reproductive method

Define sporangia

A receptacle where asexual spores are formed

Define conidia

Asexual reproductive method

Define rhizoids

Hyphae that function like roots

Define stolons

Lateral (left-right) hyphae above the substrate surface

Lit three ways fungi might reproduce

Budding, fragmentation, spores

Name the six medically relevant fungi groups

Yeasts, mucorales, hypomycetes, dermatophytes, dematiaceous, hyaline

Which group(s) of fungi are single-celled?

Yeasts

Which group(s) of fungi are pigmented?

Hyaline

Which group(s) of fungi have sporangia (enclosed) as their spore-producing structure?

Mucorales and conidia

Which group(s) have conidia (not enclosed) as their spore-producing structure?

Dermatophytes, hyaline, dematiaceous

Which group(s) of fungi are opportunistic?

Hyaline and dematiaceous

Which group(s) of fungi are strictly parasites?

Dermatophytes