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Question 1

Asexual reproductive structures (mitospores) produced either from the transformation of a vegetative yeast or hyphal cell or from a specialized conidiogenous cell, which may be simple or complex and elaborate

Answer 1

Conidia

Question 2

Conidia may be formed on specialized hyphae, termed

Answer 2

Conidiophores

Question 3

Conidia that result from the fragmentation of hyphal cells

Answer 3

Arthroconidia (arthrospores)

Question 4

Conidialformationthrougha budding process (eg, yeasts)

Answer 4

Blastoconidia(blastospores)

Question 5

Large, thick- walled, usually spherical conidia produced from terminal or intercalary hyphal cells.

Answer 5

Chlamydospores (chlamydoconidia)

Question 6

Conidia that are produced by a “vase- shaped” conidiogenous cell termed a phialide (eg, Aspergillus fumigatus

Answer 6

Phialoconidia

Question 7

Fungi whose cell walls contain melanin, which imparts a brown to black pigment

Answer 7

Dematiaceous fungi

Question 8

Fungi that have two growth forms, such as a mold and a yeast, which develop under different growth conditions (eg, Blastomyces dermatitidis forms hyphae in vitro and yeasts in tissue).

Answer 8

Dimorphic fungi

Question 9

Tubular, branching filaments (2–10 μm in width) of fungal cells, the mold form of growth.

Answer 9

Hyphae

Question 10

Fungi that lack sexual reproduction; they are represented only by an anamorph, the mitotic or asexual reproductive state. They are identified on the basis of asexual reproductive structures (ie, mitospores)

Answer 10

Imperfect fungi

Question 11

Hyphal or mycelial colony or form of growth.

Answer 11

Mold

Question 12

Mass or mat of hyphae, mold colony

Answer 12

Mycelium

Question 13

Fungi that are capable of sexual
reproduction, which is the teleomorph.

Answer 13

Perfect fungi

Question 14

Chains of elongated buds or blastoconidia

Answer 14

Pseudohyphae

Question 15

Hyphal cross-wall, typically perforated.

Answer 15

Septum

Question 16

Asexual structures characteristic of
the Order Mucorales; they are mitotic spores produced within an enclosed sporangium, often supported by one sporangiophore

Answer 16

Sporangiospores

Question 17

A specialized propagule with enhanced survival value, such as resistance to adverse conditions or structural features that promote dispersion. May result from asexual or sexual reproduction

Answer 17

Spore

Question 18

During sexual reproduction, haploid cells of compatible strains mate through a process of plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis.

Answer 18

Sexual spores

Question 19

In the Phylum Ascomycota, following meiosis, four to eight meiospores form within an ascus

Answer 19

Ascospores

Question 20

In the Phylum Basidiomycota, following meiosis, four meiospores usually form on the surface of a specialized structure, a club-shaped basidium.

Answer 20

Basidiospores

Question 21

Unicellular, spherical to ellipsoid (3–15 μm) fungal cells that usually reproduce by budding.

Answer 21

Yeasts