Chapter 12 Flashcards

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The molds are the fungi biggest competitor for what?

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Food

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What is the study of fungi?

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Mycology

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What are some type of fungi?

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Yeast, mushrooms, athletes foot, mold, cheese

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Fungi lack specialized organelles for what?

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Digestion

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What is fungi cell wall made of?

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Chitin

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Are fungi autotrophs or heterotrophic

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Heterotrophic

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Most fungi carry on external or internal digestion?

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External

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How does the fungi digest things?

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Secretion of enzymes which digest food into soluble form outside the organism

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Most fungi are composed of slender filaments called?

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Hyphae

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What type of hyphae is intertwined and are visible without magnification?

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Mycelia

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Hyphae that are embedded in the thing it grows on, and gives support and secretes digestive enzymes

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Rhizoids

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Hyphae of parasitic fungi perforate the hat to obtain nutrients

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Haustoria

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Hyphae that’s not embedded in the medium. Get oxygen produce spores and spread the fungus

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Aerial hyphae

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Aerial hyphae that produce spores

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Sporophores

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Hyphae thatre aerial and connect groups of hyphae together

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Stolons

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