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15 Cards in this Set
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Characteristics |
-cell walls of chitin |
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yeast |
single celled fungi |
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hyphae |
filaments grown my multicellular fungi enhances their ability to absorb nutrients from their underground surroundings |
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septa |
walls with pores separate cells of hyphae allows cell to cell movement of materials |
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mycelia/mycelium |
formed by dense hyphae networks |
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haustoria |
formed by some hyphae push into living cells of plants |
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Coenocytic fungi |
lack septa |
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Nutrition |
-heterotrophs -excrete exoenzymes that break down organic mls -decomposers -parasites -mutalistic |
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Ascomycetes |
type of fungi -production of sexualspores in saclike asci contain ascocarps ascocarps |
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ascocarps |
fruiting bodies in ascomycetes |
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Basidiomycetes |
-mushrooms -clublike structures called basidium -transient reproductive stage |
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Mychorrihizae |
-beneficial relationships between fungi and plant roots -fungi aids plants ability to take up nutrients from soil while getting some nutrients from plant |
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Endomycorrhizae |
hyphae enter root and penetrate cells |
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Ectomycorrhizae |
hyphae grow in close contact with root hairs |
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Lichens |
-symbiotic relationship of photosynthetic microorganisms held in fungal hyphae -a ascomycete + cyanobacteria / algae |
