Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Ascomycota
|
Sac Fung
Worst fungus of plants |
|
|
Saprobes
|
Decomposers
|
|
|
Lichen
|
Algae and fungus
|
|
|
Mycorrhize
|
Plant roots and fungus
|
|
|
Hyphae
|
Minute threads (septate, coenocytic, haustoria)
|
|
|
Plasmogamy
|
Fusion of cytoplasm
|
|
|
Karyogamy
|
Fusion of nuclei
|
|
|
Ascomycota
|
Sac fungi
|
|
|
Asci
|
Sac like structures that produce spores in Ascomycetes
|
|
|
Antheridium
|
Look up in text book***
|
|
|
Basidiomycota
|
Club Fungi - mushrooms
Long-lived dikaryotic mycelium |
|
|
Basidiocarp
|
Fruiting body (the mushroom)
|
|
|
Mycelium
|
Look up in text book***
|
|
|
Lifestyles of Fungi
|
Molds
Yeasts Lichens Mycorrhizae |
|
|
Molds
|
Asexual stage
|
|
|
Mycelia
|
Groups of hyphae
|
|
|
Deuteromycota
|
No sexual reproduction, can't put in kingdom (imperfect fungi)
|
|
|
Commericial uses of molds
|
Antibiotics (Penicillin)
Fermenters of cheese Cyclosporine - prevent rejection of foreign organs in transplants |
|
|
Yeasts
|
Unicellular
liquid or moist habitat Asexual and sexual |
|
|
Lichens
|
mutualistic symbiote with algae
|
|
|
Mycorrhizae
|
Cousins of lichens
"Fungus roots" mutualistic associations with plant roots Increase absorptive surface Plant provides nutrients Mushrooms at base of trees |
|
|
Ecological Impact
|
Decomposers
Recycle inorganic nutrients |
|
|
Fungi as Spoilers
|
Dry rot
Spoil food |
|
|
Fungi Diseases (humans)
|
Athlete's foot
Ringworm Lung Infections |
|
|
Fungi Diseases (plants)
|
Potato blight
Dutch elm disease Chestnut blight |
|
|
Fungi as food
|
Mushrooms
Truffles |
|
|
Hallucinogenic Mushroom chemical
|
Psilocybin
|
|
|
Chytrid Fungi
|
Flagellated cells
Most primative Came from flagellated protist |
