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Cryptomycetes
30 identified species
found in marine, freshwater, and soil environments
can be aerobic or anaerobic
many are parasites of protists or other fungi
Ex: Rozella allomycis
Microsporidians
1300 species
unicellular parasites of protists and animals
commonly found in GI of humans, but can spread to other areas
Ex: Nosema ceranae (parasite of honeybees → Colony Collapse Disorder)
Chytrids
Phylum Chytridomycota
unicellular
aquatic
flagellated zoospores
Zoo-
-animal like
Zoopagomycetes
900 species
parasites or mutualists of animals
form filamentous hyphae
reproduce asexually by spores
non-flagellated
sexual reproduction
Mucoromycetes/Zygomycetes
fast-growing food molds of bread, fruit, potatoes, etc.
some considered decomposers
some considered parasites of plants
Ex: Rhizopus stolonifer (Black Bread Mold)
Sporangia
a structure in certain plants and other organisms that is charged with making and storing spores
Zygosporangium
a thick-walled, spore-producing structure that arises from the fusion of two hyphal branches, characteristic of the Zygomycetes
Pilobus
Mucoromycetes/Zygomycetes;
grows on animal dung
aims spores toward light
grazing animals ingest spores with grass, and thus are spread through their feces
Ascomycetes
90,000 species (largest phylum of Fungi)
“Sac Fungi”
produce sexual spores in saclike Asci
fruiting bodies = Ascocarps
Ex: truffles, morels, cordyceps, penicillium
Basidiomycetes
50,000 species
club-like basidium = club fungus
fruiting body = basidiocarp
important decomposer of wood and plant materials (decoming lignin/trees)
Ex: mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi
Maiden veil fungus
basidiomycete;
Dictyphora — fungus with an odor like rotting meat
Puffball
basidiomycete
Shelf fungi
basidiomycete;
important decomposers of wood
Lichens
symbiotic association between photosynthetic plant and a fungus
photosynthetic green algae or cyanobacteria
fungus is usually an Ascomycete
photosynthetic cells are held in a mass of fungal hyphae