9. Basidiomycota

Question 1

Are Basidiomycota born in a sac?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

List two characteristics of Basidiomycota.

Answer 2

1. Produce basiodospores outside basidia

2. Some produce basidiocarps (fruiting bodies) the real mushroom

Question 3

Name three classes of Basidiomycota.

Answer 3

1. Teliomycetes
2. Hymenomycetes
3. Gastromycetes

Question 4

From which class is Uredinales order?

Answer 4

Teliomycetes

Question 5

What are Uredinales known for?

Answer 5

• Pustules on stems, leaves, glumes.

- Rusts of wheat (stem, leaf and glume)

Question 6

In cedar-apple rust which on is the main host and which one is the alternate host?

Answer 6

Main: cedar
Alternate: apple

Question 7

Name two orders in Teliomycetes.

Answer 7

• Uredinales (rust)

- Ustilaginales (smut)

Question 8

List the 5 stages of Uredinales (Rusts) complex life cycle.

Answer 8

Stage 0: Spermagonia with spermatia and receptive=flexuous hyphae
Stage 1: Aecia and aeciospores
Stage 2: Uredia and urediospores 
Stage 3: Telia and teleospores
Stage 4: Metabasidia and basidiospores

Question 9

Where does each stage take place? In which host?

Answer 9

• Stages 0 and 1 in barberie

- Stages 2, 3, 4 in wheat