Chapter 22 -1 Flashcards
What is the study of fungi?
mycology
What are 2 characteristics of fungi?
nonphotosynthesizing
chitin cell walls
What is septa?
cell wall partitions (fungi)
How do fungi gain nutrients?
extracellular digestion and absorption by diffusion
What does fungi store energy as?
glycogen
Most fungi are ? but some are ?
decomposing saprobes
parasitic
What do haploid hyphae filaments grow from and what do they form?
grow from spores
form the mycelium (whole fungus)
What is the Fairy Ring?
when fungal mycelia grow outward in a circle
What are the 4 phylums of Fungi?
Zygomycota
Ascomycota
Basidomycota
Glomeromycota
Phylum Zygomycota aka?
the zygote fungus
zygomycota is ?
bread mold
What is the common bread mold?
Rhizopus
Rhizopus produces what kind of spores?
asexual and sexual
What is produced as fungus initially grows and spreads?
asexual sporangia
