Bio 1011 Chapter 31 Flashcards
basidium
A reproductive appendage that produces sexual spores on the gills of mushrooms (club fungi)
coenocytic
A fungus that lacks septa and hence whose body is made up of a continuous cytoplasmic mass that may contain hundreds or thousands of nuclei.
lichen
A mass of fungal and algal cells (photosynthetic) that grow together in a symbiotic relationship and that are usually found on rocks or trees
ectomycorrhizal fungi
From sheaths of hyphae over the surface of a root and typically grow into the extracellular spaces of the root cortex.
Mycosis
Infection in an animal by a fungal parasite.
Mycelium
The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus.
basidiocarps
fruiting body of a dikaryotic mycelium of a club fungus, common white mushrooms.
conidium
A haploid spore produced at the tip of a specialized hypha in ascomycetes during asexual reproduction.
endophytes
Fungi or bacteria that live inside leaves or other plant parts without causing harm.
ascus
A saclike spore capsule as the tip of a dikaryotic hypha of a sac fungus.
Dikaryotic
Two nuclei. As Dikaryotic mycelium grows, the two nuclei in each cell divide in tandem without fusing.
Soredia
Small clusters of hyphae with embedded algae.
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Extend branching hyphae through the root cell wall and into tubes formed by invagination (pushing inward)
glomeromycetes
member of a fungal phylum Glomeromycota characterized by a distinct branching form of mycorrhizae called arbuscular mycorrhizae.
basidiomycetes
called club fungus. name comes from the club-like shape basidium
