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Are fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
Eukaryotic
What ploidy are fungi
haploid
Are fungi hetertrophic or autotrophic
heterotrophic
how to fungi feed
by secreting a digestive enzyme into surrounding and then absorbing the nutrients
what is the study of fungi
mycology
Most fungi are _______
decomposers
Parasitic fungi can cause
athletes foot
What is an important role of fungi
put nitrogen back into the soil in a usable form for other organisms such as plants
Are fungi motile or non-motile
non-motile, produce spores but are not flagellated
Do fungi reproduce sexually or asexually
both asexually or sexually through spores, dispersed mainly by wind
What are fungi cell walls composed of
chitin
Are fungi only multicellular
no they range from unicellualr to multicellular
what is a hyphae
a tissue like aggregation, branched in fungi
what is a mycelium
network of hyphae
septate
cross walls that divide hyphae into compartments, "cells"
non-septate
coenocytic, nuclei float freely in cytoplasm
dikaryotic
two nuclei in cell
How many phyla/divisions are in kingdom fungi
5
sporocarp
also known as the fruiting body, a multicellular structure on which spore producing structures are borne
Name the 5 phyla of kingdom fungi
zygomycota
ascomycota
basidiomycota
deutermycota
chytridiomycota
true or false: majority of fungi live above ground
false
Zygomycota are mostly ________ living in soil. Some are __________ and some have ___________ with plants
decomposers; parasitic ; mutualistic relationships (symbionts)
Zygomycota fungi are non-septate or septate
non-septate
what is the polidy of zygomycota
haploid
septa
reproductive structures only produced during reproduction
what is an example of a zygomycota, common and scientific name
black bread mold, rhizopus stolonifer
During asexual reproduction of Rhizopus what are the spores called and they are formed within the ___________
sporangiophores; sporangia
During asexual reproduction of Rhizopus what ploidy are the hyphae
haploid
Sexual reproduction of Rhizopus is heterothallic or homothallic
heterothallic
heterothallic
when two opposite mating types come in contact (- and +)
gametangia must fuse to form
zygospore
gametangia are ___ploid while zygospores are ____ ploid
haploid; diploid
for Rhizopus what occurs directly after the fusing of the two gametangia
A diploid zygote forms and meiosis begins immediately after producing 4 haploid spores
why is the common name for Rizopus stolonifer black bread mold
This is because the zygote is black
What does the phylum Ascomycota include
yeasts, edible morels and truffles
Bread rises because of what
CO2
Ascomycota are symbionts with _______ specifically with ______
plants; the root systems
Are ascomycota septate or coenocytic?
septate with perforations (pores)
What type of food is sniffed out by pigs and dogs? Is it valuable?
Truffles; yes they are $200 a pound
What is an example of Ascomycota, common and scientific name
Black Morel, Morchella elata
Aleuria rhenana
False orange peel
the defining feature of the ascomycota is the
ascus
ascus
a sexual structure in which non-motile sexual structures called ascospores are produced
Are Ascomycota asexual or sexual
both
Asexual reproduction in ascomycota
special hyphae produce canidiophores --> conidia
For Ascomycota is sexual reproduction heterthallic or homothallic
heterthallic
The fruiting body of the Ascomycota is called
ascocarp
What is the maximum number of ascospores present in an ascus
8
what is the name given to the spore when + and - fungal strains fuse
zygospore
a large cell that contains many nuclei
coenocyte
Plasmogamy
the fusion of two hyphae
karyogamy
the fusion of two nuclei
Yeasts are mostly
unicellular ascomycetes but some are multicellular basidiomycetes
Yeasts reproduce asexually by
budding
Yeasts reproduce sexually by
ascospores
which yeast is used for beer making?
Saccharomyces
yeast infections are caused by
Candida albicans
What is in the phylum Basidiomycota
mushrooms and toadstools
Is chytridiomycota multicellular or unicellular
mostly unicelluar
what types of environments are chytridiomycota in
mostly in water, moist but some are terrestrial in soil
Through asexual reproduction chrtridiomycota produce
flagellated zoospores produced in a single cell
zoosporangium give rise to
chytrids
What era were the first non-vascular plants in
mid-ordovician
what era were the first vascular plants in
late-ordivican/ early silurian
what are vascular plants believed to have derived from
charophycean, green algal ancestor
Non-vascular plants lack
xylem and phloem
name the three phyla of non-vascular plants
mosses, liver warts, horn warts
what phylum are mosses
bryophyta
Non-vascular plants exhibit alternation of generations
a haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte
Doctrine of Signatures
use plants or parts of plants that resemble human parts body parts to cure ailments in that part of the body
what is required to alternate generations
meiosis
liverworts are believed to treat
liver ailments
Fossil liverwart was discovered in what year from what era
2008, Devonian (New York)
Liverwarts are a sister group to what
vascular plants
Liverwart spores discovered in what year from what era and in what country
2010, Middle Ordovician , Argentina
Moss gametophyte ploidy
haploid
moss gametophyte is made up of a stem like structure called __________ which lacks a _________ and _________
caulid, cuticle and stomata
in mosses H20 is absorbed through the
cauild and phyllids
in moss gametophytes what are responsible for anchorage
rhizoids
what are phyllids
leaf like structures on moss gametophytes that lack stomata
hydriods
conducting cells which conduct water and minerals lack protoplast and secondary wall
leptoids
conduct photosynthesis, lack nucleus but have a protoplast
moss gametophyte is made up of only what type of cells
parenchyma
most mosses lack conducting cells which are
hydroids, leptoids
moss gametophyte what produces the sperm
antherida
moss gametophyte what produces the egg
archegonia
moss sporophyte is what ploidy
diploid
moss sporophyte are nutritionally dependent on
gametophyta
in moss sporophyte what allows the transport of nutrients
foot
do moss sporophytes contain stomata
yes
what did land plants evolve from
green algae !!!!
vascular plants contain
xylem and phloem
true or false vascular plants are only seedless
false, they can be seedless or seed plants
name the types of seedless plants
ferns, whisk ferns, ground pines, spike mosses, quillworts, horsetails
what phylum are ferns in
polypodiophyta
seedless vascular plants exhibit alternation of generation from what to what
sporophyte to gametophyte
name the five different types of seed plants
conifers, ginkgo, cycads, gnetophytes, flowering plants
Ginkgo biloba is found in what country
china
phylum gnetophyta is what type of vascular plant, seed or seedless and what is classified in it
seed plant, ephedra which is used for weight loss
gymnosperm
meaning naked seed, not enclosed in fruit, not flowering
what is the oldest micro fossil remain of vascular plants
cooksonia
do cooksonia contain vascular tissue
some do some do not
cooksonia is restricted to what types of habitats
areas around lakes
ll cooksonia exhibit __________ branching
dichotomous
algaophyton major is from what era
early devonian
what are the leaves of fern sporophytes called
fronds
what leaf arrangement do sporophyte ferns have
pinnately compound
in sporophyte ferns sexual reproduction occurs where
underside of leaves
gametophyte ferns lack ______ but have ______
vascular tissue but have rhizoids
Homosporous
1 type of spore produced
hetersporous
2 types of spores produced
megaspore
female gametophyte
microspore
male gametophyte
prophyll
leaf lacking vascular tissue
microphyll
leaf which has a single unbranched vascular bundle
megaphyll
leaf which has branching vasculature
sporophylls may be aggregated together to form _________
cones or strobili