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Middle Proterozoic Era |
When fungi first diverged from Animalia more than a billion years ago |
Think "protists" |
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Zygomycetes |
Black bread molds, named for large zygotes called zygospores |
Mycetes means fungus in Greek |
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) |
Lives in close association with plant roots |
Symbiotic relationship |
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Ascomycetes |
Unique reproductive structures called asci (ascus), produce truffles or morels |
Asco means bag or sac in Greek |
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Basidiomycetes |
Derived from basidia (club shaped reproductive cells). Reproductive structures occur as mushrooms, puffballs, stinkhorns, shelf fungi. |
Ascomycetes and basidiomyces are most recent lineages |
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Cryptomycota |
Earliest diverging fungi, lack a cell wall and can produce flagella |
Can live in soil or water |
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Chytrids |
Aquatic, cell wall made of chitin (present in all fungi except cryptomycota), only other fungi that produce flagella |
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Microsporidia |
Named for small size and single-celled spores with chitin cell wall |
Only reproduce inside animal host |
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Mycelium |
Body type of fungi composed of branched filaments called hyphae |
May be composed of smaller cross walls called septa |
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Conidia |
Asexual spores produced at tips of hyphae |
From Greek word konis meaning dust |
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Mycorrhizae |
Mutualisms between hyphae of fungi and the roots of seed plants |
Means fungus roots in Greek |
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Endomycorrhizae |
Common type of mycorrhizae, occur within root tissue, grows along outer surface of plasma membrane. Highly branched arbuscules |
Endo means inside in greek |
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Ectomycorrhizae |
Type of mycorrhizae that coats plant roots, typical of trees |
Ecto means outside in Greek |
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Lichens |
Partnerships formed between fungi and photosynthetic green algae or bacteria, may be crustose, foliose (leaflike), or fruticose (upright or hang from trees) |
Can grow on rocks, buildings, tree bark, and soil |
