Fungi

What are examples of MACROSCOPIC fungi?

1) Mushrooms 2) puffballs 3) gill fungi

What are examples of MICROSCOPIC fungi?

1) Molds 2) Yeasts

Fungi are not _____________ (different from plants and algae)

photosynthetic

MULTICELLULAR MICROSCOPIC fungi are called ____.

molds

SINGLE-CELLED MICROSCOPIC fungi are called _____.

yeasts

Yeasts divide by ______ (like your typical eukaryote) and instead of the cytokinesis phase, half the chromosomes end up in a bump a ___ and pinch off become a new yeast cell smaller than the other main cell through a process called ________.

mitosis, bud, budding

In the budding of yeast cells, the cell may sometimes remain attached with separate membranes and continue budding off that bud and you end up with a chain of cells called ___________.

pseudohyphae

Yeasts are important for ___________ when it comes to things like wine and brain.

fermentation

Yeasts are also _________ (i.e. infections like yeast infections dealing with mucous membranes)

pathogenic

Molds are multicellular enabling ___________ of function

specialization

Molds grow as true ______: long branches/filaments of cells

hyphae

___________ is a tangled, interwoven mass of hyphae that makes up the body or colony of mold.

mycelium

In a mycelium, a lot of the mold is called _____________ hyphae: molds doing their metabolic processes growing down deep into the tissue of what they’re growing on.

vegetative

Molds reproduce by forming _____ by using hyphae that dedicate themselves to the production of these enabling spread onto something else.

spores

Most fungal skin infections are caused by ____ NOT ______.

mold, yeasts

MOST spore production of molds (fungi in general) is done ________, but some can reproduce _______.

asexually, sexually

Sexual Reproduction of Mold: Some mycelium begin growing out from two separate molds and when coming close to each other it stimulates a _____ event to happen where to haploid gametes form a ______.

meiosis, diploid

Most fungal infections are _________ making them relatively easy to treat with an antibiotic.

superficial

Sporangiospores and conidiospores are both types of ______ spores used by fungi for reproduction.

asexual

sporangiospores develop _______ within an enclosed, sac-like structure (sporangium) while conidiospores are borne ______ and exposed directly to the environment.

internally, externally

_______ feed on dead or decaying matter (i.e. fungi), acting as crucial recyclers, while ______ feed on living hosts, often causing them harm

saprobes, parasites