mycology topic 2

habitat of basidiomycota

• marine to terrestrial

• tropical to temperate to artic

reproductive structures of basidiomycota

either lack sporocarps or have highly developed fruiting bodies

growth forms of basidiomycota

yeasts to filamentous

yeasts

single cell fungi

nutritional modes of basidiomycota

• saprotrophic

• biotrophic

• necrotrophic

symbioses of basidiomycota

• mycorrhizae

• insect symbionts

• plant & animal pathogens

• parasites

examples of basidiomycota

• mushrooms

• polypores/shelf fungi

• jelly fungi

• puffballs

• birds nest fungi

• stink horns

basidium

• plural: basidia

• defining structure of basidiomycota

• site of meiosis (sexual recombination)

• gives rise to basidiospores

• located on the hymenium, specialized regions or tissues (e.g. gills, pores, etc.)

basidiospores

• haploid fungal spores, or reproductive cells

• products of meiosis

• located on the hymenium, specialized regions or tissues (e.g. gills, pores, etc.)