7- Fungi Flashcards
Eukaryotic cells
Have membrane bound organelles
Fungi characteristics
Cell wall of chitin, eukaryotic, mostly multicellular, external heterotrophic
How do fungi digest and absorb their food?
Fungi release enzymes that break down and digest their food
Asexual reproduction
Produce spores, budding (yeast)
Sexual reproduction
Conjugation, specialized hyphae are + or - mating types, form a gametangium and fuse to form a zygospore
Basidiomycota
Club fungi, mushrooms have basidia
Ascomycota
Sac fungi, yeast, cup chapped have ascus
Zygomycota
Molds, have sporangia
Deuteromycota
Imperfect fungi ie. penicillum
Basidiomycota reproduction
Asexual; spores spreading
Sexual: two nuclei fuse to form zygote which then go through meiosis and form clusters of basidiospores. Hyphae fuse and form fruiting body.
Zygomycota reproduction
Asexual: spores from sporangia germinate and grow into new fungus
Sexual: stolons of opposite mating types come together and form a gametangia. They form a diploid nucleus that makes a zygospore and then it germinates
Ascomycota reproduction
Asexual: Conidia form a specialized hyphae called conidiophores
Sexual: occurs when haploid hyphae of two mating types grow close. Produce fruiting body in which sexual reproduction continues
Yeast reproduction
Budding
Deuteromycota reproduction
Asexual: reproduce by conidia
Sexual: unknown
Rhizoids
Anchor fungi to certain materials