Mycology Exam 1 (Jeopardy)

basidiospores

Exogenously produced sexual spores supported by sterigmata

heterothallism

Another term for reproductive differentiation in individual mycelia.

amanita

A mushroom with white gills, annulus, and volva.

pneumocystis

A basal ascomycete and an infecting agent of pneumonia.

xylaria

A relatively large ascomycete forming black fingerlike fruiting bodies

lactarius

A basidiomycete that typically exudes a latex from its cap and gills when broken.

polyporus

A basidiomycete genus with hymenium lining its inner pores.

appressorium

The specialized fungal structure that facilitates the penetration of host cells.

spitzenkörper

The unique dynamic structure found at the tips of growing hyphae

antheridia

The name for the male gametangium in male ascomycete fungi.

heteroecious

The word used to describe an ascomycete that requires multiple hosts in its life cycle.

coprinus and lycoperdon (or any gastromycetes)

The names of 2 fungal genera of basidiomycetes that lack ballistospory.

conidia (asexual) and ascospores (sexual)

The names of the asexual and sexual spores in ascomycota.

ascomycota

The name of the fungal phylum with regular septa in the hyphae that is considered functionally coenocytic.

anamorph (asexual), teleomorph (sexual), and holomorph (whole)

The names of the sexual, asexual, and whole fungus

uredinial and n+n

The name for the spore stage known as the repeating stage and its ploidy level.

coelomycetes and hyphomycetes

The name of 2 key informal groupings in asexual fungi.

ascomycota

The phylum’s hyphae which typically contain Woronin bodies.

parasexuality

A term describing the ability of some fungi to achieve genetic recombination without sexual reproduction.

appressorium

The name for the structure that facilitates penetration, including in rusts.

basidium

The nuclear condition 2n in a typical mushroom is located here.

homothallism

What the phenomenon of self fertility in a fungus is known as.

histoplasmosis

A disease contracted by Bob Dylan perhaps from spores “blowing in the wind”

gyromitrin

The toxic component in ascomycetes of the genus gyromitra

Meixner test

The name of the simple test used to detect the presence of amatoxins

coprinopsis atramentaria

The consumption of this fungus is not toxic unless combined with alcohol.

Bastien treatment

The name for the experimental treatment for amanita poisoning in France.

ergot, a perithecial ascomycete

The fungi from which LSD was first isolated from

psilocybin

The name of a genus of basidiomycota that uses indole alkaloids.

lack of a basidiocarp

A distinguishing characteristic of rust fungi.

basidiomycota

The phylum which the cystidium belongs to.

sexual

The state (sexual/asexual) of the perethecium.

basidiomycota

The phylum to which the dolipore septum belongs to

asexual fungi

Super drugs such as penicillin and cyclosporine are derived from this group of fungi.

the host where telia are formed

The definition of the primary host in the life cycle of a rust fungus as defined by a mycologist

aecial stage (aecia)

In a heteroecious rust, this is the only stage that forms on one host, typically the alternate host, and infects the other host (the primary host).

pycniospores, aeciospores, urediniospores, teliospores, and basidiospores

The names of all 5 stages in the black stem rust of wheat life cycle

haustorium

The name for the absorbing organ on the hyphae of a parasite that represented the feeding structure inside host cells