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53 Cards in this Set
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mycology is the study of what????
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fungi
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the __________ grow as long ,tangled strands of cells that give rise to visible colonies.
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molds
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fungi lack chlorophyll,while plants have this pigment;the cellwalls of fungal cells contain a carbohydrate called ______________,not found in plant cells walls; though generally filamentous fungi are not truly multicellular like plants,because there_______of one fungle cell mingles through _______with the cytoplasm of adjacent cells.
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chitin,cytoplasm,pores
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And fungi are _________eukaryotes,while plants are ____________eukaryotes.
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heterotrophic,autotrophic
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In fungi there are over _______identifiable species
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80,000
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another group________,are uncellular organisms whose colonies resemble bacterial colonies.
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yeasts
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with the noteable exception of __________,fungi consist of masses of intertwined filaments of cells called __________.
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yeasts,Hyphae
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Each cell of a single hyphae is a eukaryote .with ________nuclei,as well as other ___________
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1 or more,organelles.
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the cell wall is composed of small amounts of cellulose and large amounts of __________(a polmer of acetylglucosamine units (amino and acetyl groups)).______alsois in the exoskeleton of arthropods.
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chitin
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organisms that feed on dead matter are called______________
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saprobic
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fungi are described as ________organisms,that is they consume freformed organic matter.
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heterotrophic
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in many species of fungi, individual cells are separated by cross-walls or __________.Such fungi are described as ________.
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septa,septate
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the _________have pores however and allow cytoplasm to mix.
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septa
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_________is the term for no crosswalls
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asepta
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a thick branch of hyhae is called ______
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mycelium
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the common bread mold is rhizopus stolonifer is _____________
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coenocytic
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the blue green mold that produces penecillin,penicillium cotatum is ________
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septate
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many fungi libe in a mutually beneficial relationship with other species that is called __________.
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mutualism
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most fungi grow best at about ________, a temperature close to normal room temp.
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25*C
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pathogenic fungi thrive at _______degrees C which is body temp
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37
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Some fungi have differennt forms at different temps (Yeastlike at 37C and moldlike at 25C)these fungi are called __________.
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biphasic dimorphic
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Normally a high doncentration of sugar is conducive to growth, and laboratory media for fungi ususually contain extra _________ in addition to an _________environment.An example is ______________.
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glucose,acidic,sabourand dextrose agar
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reproduction of fungi may take place by asexual processes as well as by a seual process.the principal structure of asexual reproductuion is the____________.
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fruiting body
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IN the asexual process Hyphae usually contain thousands of ___________.all resulting from _________divisions of a single cell and all genetically identical.
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spores,miotic
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Certain asexual spores develope in a sac called a _____________.and the spores are called _______
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sporangium,sporangiospores
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Other spores deveope on the supporting structure called conidiophores .these spores are known as _________>
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conidiaspores,conidia
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Some spores may form by fragmentation or the hyphae.This process yeilds ________.the fungi that cuses athletes foot multiply in this manner.
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arthrospores
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Another asexual process is called ___________.This is where the cell becomes swollen at one edge and a new cell called a________________,or ____,developes from the parent cell and breaks away free to live independently.
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budding,blastospore,bud
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Yeasts multiply by __________(_________).
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budding ,blastospores
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_____________are thick walled spores formed along the margin of the hypha,while ________develope at the tip of the hypha.
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chlamydospores,oidia
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many fungi also produce spores by a sexual process.In this process ,the cells of opposite mating types of fungi come together and fuse ,the mixing of chromosomes teporarily forms adouble set of chromosimes this is known as _______,eventually the chrom.number is halved,and the cell returns to single chrome. this is _____________.
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diploid,haploid
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in classification another name for division is _____
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phyla
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most fungi classified by ___________
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their sexual reproduction
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division I eumycota Means__________
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true mold
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the first division (_______)of fungi is ____________,a group of ___________that inhabit terrestrial environments.these have coenocytic hyphae,with septa where the reproductive cells are formed.sexual opposite hyphae fuse and a highly resistant_______ forms at the site.
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phylum,,Zygomycota,zygomycetes ,zygosporangium
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a well known member of the zygomycota is ______________rhizopus stolonifer.
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commen bread mold
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the bread mold has both __________and __________reproduction
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asexual,sexual
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all ascomycetes form in the ascocarp.a reprodutive structure called an ascus.an ascus is a ________in which upto 8haploid ascosporesform.
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sac
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Most af the ascomycetes also reproduce asexuallyby means of ______________produced in chains at the end of a conidiophore
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condia
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certain members of the ascomycetes are extremely beneficial.One example is the yeast _______________used in brewing and baking .
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saccharomyces
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____________which produces such products such as citric acid,soy sauce,and vinegar .
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aspergillus
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_________________,various species which produce the antibiotic,penecillinas wellas as roquefort.Morals are in this group
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Penicillium
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ascomycetes are also partners with _________.
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lichens
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many in the ascomycetes group are __________like the dutch elm disease.
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harmful
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_____________,are club fungi.These include the mushroom,plus smut fungi and rust fungi.
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basiodiomycetes
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certain fungi lack a known sexal cycle of reproduction and consequently are labeled with the term imperfect.these are in their own division called________.
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deuteromycetes
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the word _________refers to a large variety of unicellular fungi >
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yeasts
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Included in this group are non sporeforming yeasts of ___________,as well as sporforming .
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deuteromycota
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___________means sugar fungus ,this organism ferments sugars.
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saccaromyces
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the most commonly used species of Saccharomyces are ________and _________used for bread and alcohol making
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Saccaromyces cervisiae, Saccharomyces ellipsoideus
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the cytoplasm of Saccharomyces is rich in _________,
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vitamen B
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Saccharomyces are about _____long and ______wide.and they reproduce by budding but a sex cycle exists and in which an ascus is formed soclassified as an____________>
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ascomycetes
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saccharomycetes ___________is found in orchards.
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ellipsoideus
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