4intro Myco Flashcards
Polymer found in spores
Sporopollenin
Chitosan is found in_____
Zygomycota
Largest phylum
Ascomycota
Vegetative hyphae are sparsely septate
Zygomycota
Molds have septate hyphae
Ascomycota
Complex septa
Basidiomycota
4 types of mycotic dse
Hypersensitivity
Mycotoxicoses
Mycetismus
Infection
Unicellular organism; round or pval fungi, dry, pasty or slimy;
Yeast
Growth w/in the surface of the medium
Vegetative
Regular crosswals formed in hyphae
Septa
Define coenocytic
Those lacking septa except to delimit repro structures
Imperforate, formed to wall off aging myecelium
Adventitious
Observed in 25C
Mycelium
Establishment of infection dpeends on
Incoculum size
Reaistance of the oThe host
Asexual reproductive forms
Conidia or spores