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FUNGUS WITH FLAGELLATED SPORES

CHYTRID

FUNGI THAT PRODUCE PORES IN CLUB-SHAPED STRUCTURES DURING SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

CLUB FUNGI

HAVING TWO GENETICALLY DISTINCT NUCLEI

DIKARYOTIC

UNICELLULAR OR MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTIC HETEROTROPH THAT DIGESTS FOOD OUTSIDE THE BODY, THEN ABSORDS THE RESULTING BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS. HAS CHITIN-CONTAINING CELL WALLS

FUNGUS

FUNGUS THAT PARTNERS WITH PLANTS ROOTS; FUNGAL HYPAE GROW INSIDE THE CELL WALLS OF ROOT CELLS

GLOMEROMYCETE

COMPONENT OF A FUNGAL MYCELIUM; A FILAMENT MADE UP OF CELLS ARRANGED ENTD TO END

HYPHA

FUNGUS THAT GROWS AS A MASS OF ASEXUALLY REPRODUCING HYPHAE

MOLD

MASS OF THREADLIKE FILAMENTS (HYPHAE) THAT MAKE UP THE BODY OF A MULTICELLED FUNGUS

MYCELLIUM

FUNGI THAT FORM SPORES IN A SAC-SHAPED STRUCTURE DURING SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

SAC FUNGI

FUNGUS THAT LIVES AS A SINGLE CELL

YEAST

FUNGI THAT LIVE IN DAMP PLACES AND FORM A THICK-WALLED ZYGOSPORE DURING SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

ZYGOTE FUNGI

COMPOSITE ORGANISM CONSISTING OF A FUNGUS AND GREEN ALGAE OR CYNOBACTERIA

LICHEN

MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A FUNGUS AND A PLANT ROOT

MYCORRHIZA

ALL FUNGI______________________

ARE HETEROTROPHS

MOST FUNGI OBTAIN NUTRIENTS FROM_______

WASTES AND REMAINS

A FUNGUS THAT USUALLY LIVES AS A MASS OF HYPHAE AND REPRODUCES ASEXUALLY IS CALLED A____________________

MOLD

A_____________STEALS SUGARS FROM A LIVING PLANT CELL.

RUST OR SMUT

IN MANY_______, AN EXTENSIVE DIKARYOTIC MYCELIUM IS THE MOST CONSPICUOUS PHASE OF THE LIFE CYCLE.

CLUB FUNGI

A______________PRODUCES SPORES BY MEIOSIS IN AN ASCUS.

SAC FUNGUS

A MUSHROOM IS_________________.

A REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE THAT RELEASES SEXUAL SPORES

SPORES RELEASED FROM A MUSHROOM'S GILLS ARE______________.

PRODUCED BY MEIOSIS

____________BY YEAST HELPS US PRODUCE BREAD, SOY SAUCE, AND ETHANOL AS A BIOFUEL.

FERMENTATION

A_______HELPS TO BREAK DOWN ROCKS AND FORM SOIL.

LICHEN

_________ARE MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI WITH HYPHAE THAT GROW INTO A ROOT CELL AND BRANCH INSIDE IT.

GLOMEROMYCETES

A TRUFFLE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A _____________.

MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS

FROGS WORLDWIDE ARE NOW THREATENED BY A PATHOGENIC__________NATIVE TO AFRICA.

CHYTRID

HUMAN FUNGAL INFECTIONS___________.

USUALLY INVOLVE THE SKIN

FILAMENT OF MYCELUIM

HYPHA

COMPONENT OF FUNGAL CELL WALLS

CHITIN

PRODUCES FLAGELLATED SPORES

CHYTRID

BREAD MOLD IS AN EXAMPLE

ZYGOTE FUNGUS

MANY FORM MUCHROOMS

CLUB FUNGUS

PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A FUNGUS AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC CELLS

LICHEN

FUNGUS-ROOT PARTNERSHIP

MYCORRHIZA

FUNGI-KEY CONCEPTS:


ABSORPTIVE FEEDERS-FUNGI/SINGLE CELLED & MULTICELLED


SPORE PRODUCTIONS-ASEXUALLY & SEXUALLY


FRUITING BODIES-MUSHROOMS ARE FUNGAL FRUITING BODIES


FUNGAL ECOLOGY-DECOMPOSERS


HUMAN USES OF FUNGI-WE EAT FUNGI, ENLIST THEM TO PRODUCE FOODS/DRINKS,GENETIC STUDIES, EXTRACT MEDICINAL/PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM THEM


TAKE HOME MESSAGE

FUNGI SECRETE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES ONTO ORGANIC MATTER AND ABSORB THE RELEASED NUTRIENTS. THEY LIVE AS SINGLE CELLS OR, MORE OFTEN, AS A MULTICELLED MYCELIUM. MOST ARE DECOMPOSERS BUT SOME LIVE IN OR ON OTHER ORGANISMS.




TAKE HOME MESSAGE

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SAC FUNGI AND CLUB FUNGI HAVE HYPHAE WITH CROSS-WALLS. SOME MEMBERS OF BOTH GROUPS FORM LARGE FRUITING BODIES.

FUNGI DISPERSE BY RELEASING SPORES THAT FORM BY EITHER MITOSIS OR MEIOSIS. ONLY THE OLDEST LINEAGE, THE CHYTRIDS, PRODUCES FLAGELLATED SPORES.




TAKE HOME MESSAGE

GLOMEROMYCETE FUNGI ARE SOIL FUNGI WHOSE HYPHAE BRANCH INSIDE CELL WALLS OF ROOT CELLS. ZYGOTE FUNGI ARE TYPICALLY MOLDS.




TAKE HOME MESSAGE

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THE DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC WASTES AND REMAINS BY FUNGAL DECOMPOSERS RELEASES NUTRIENTS THAT OTHER ORGANISMS CAN USE



TAKE HOME MESSAGE

FUNGI THAT PARTNER WITH PLANT ROOTS OR LIVE IN THE ANIMAL GUT ENHANCE THE NUTRITION OF THEIR HOSTS. FUNGI ALSO PARTNER WITH CYANOBACTERIS OR GREEN ALGAE TO FORM A LICHEN.

TAKE HOME MESSAGE

PARASITIC FUNGI THAT INFECT PLANTS EITHER STEAL SUGARS FROM LIVING CELLS OR KILL CELLS AND DIGEST THEIR REMAINS.

TAKE HOME MESSAGE

FUNGI CAUSE DISEASE IN PLANTS MORE OFTEN THAN IN ANIMALS. ANIMALS WITH A HIGH BODY TEMPERATURE ARE LEAST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FUNGAL DISEASES.

TAKE HOME MESSAGE

HUMAN FUNGAL INFECTIONS USUALLY INVOLVE BODY SURFACES AND ARE RARELY LIFE-THREATENING.

TAKE HOME MESSAGE

WE EAT FUNGAL FRUITING BODIES AND USE YEASTS TO PRODUCE FOODS & BEVERAGES. YEASTS ARE ALSO USED IN GENETIC STUDIES, IN PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS, AND TO SYNTHESIZE ETHANOL AS A BIOFUEL.


TAKE HOME MESSAGE

SOME FUNGI MAKE COMPOUNDS THAT ARE PRIZED FOR THEIR MEDICINAL OR PSYCHOACTIVE PROPERTIES.