Classifications of Fungi

Conidia

Conidia

________ are not formed inside sporangia; they are produced asexually at the tips of specialized hyphae called conidiophores.

Chytridiomycota

________: earliest fungi; evolved from protists and retained flagella.

pathogens

Zygomycota: decomposers, ________, and some form mycorrhizal associations with plants.

Basidiomycetes

________: important decomposers of wood /plant material.

cap supports

Mushroom ________ and protects gills: karyogamy in the terminal, dikaryotic cells lining the gills produces diploid basidia.

Ascomycota

________: important plant parasites & saprobes.

Sexual Reproduction

________- zygosporangia: resistant to heat /cold and site of karyogamy.

Chytridiomycota

earliest fungi; evolved from protists and retained flagella

Zygomycota

decomposers, pathogens, and some form mycorrhizal associations with plants

Asexual reproduction

haploid spores

Ascomycota

important plant parasites & saprobes

Sexual Reproduction

asci (sing

Reprod

enormous numbers of asexual spores called conidia

Yeast

Saccharomyces

Basidiomycetes

important decomposers of wood / plant material

Named after transient diploid stage

basidium

Haploid basidiospores grow into short-lived haploid mycelia

under certain conditions, plasmogamy occurs

Mushroom cap supports and protects gills

karyogamy in the terminal, dikaryotic cells lining the gills produces diploid basidia

Unicellular

reproduce

Rhodotorula

shower curtains

Candida

"thrush"