Definitions

Question 1

Hyphae

Answer 1

Each of the branching filaments that make up mycelium of a fungus

Question 2

Mycelium

Answer 2

Vegetative part of fungus consisting of a network of fine white filaments, hyphae

Question 3

Sclerotia

Answer 3

Hard dark resting body of certain fungi, consisting of mass of hyphal threads and is capable of remaining dormant for long periods of time

Question 4

Acervulus

Answer 4

Small asexual fruiting body that erupts through the epidermis of host plants parasitized by mitosporic fungi

Question 5

Conidiophore

Answer 5

A conidium-bearing hypha or filament

Question 6

Conidium

Answer 6

Asexual non-motile spore of fungus

Question 7

Pycnidium

Answer 7

Asexual fruiting body produced by mitosporic fungi often spherical or inversely pear-shaped with its internal cavity lined with conidiophores

Question 8

Sporangiophore

Answer 8

A hypha carrying a sporangium

Question 9

Sporangium

Answer 9

A receptacle in which asexual spores are formed

Question 10

Zoospore

Answer 10

A motile asexual spore that uses flagella to move

Question 11

Ascospore

Answer 11

Sexual spore produced inside an ascus found in ascomycetes, typically in clusters of 8

Question 12

Ascus

Answer 12

A sac in which spores of ascomycete fungi develop

Question 13

Heterothallic

Answer 13

Require 2 compatible organisms to produce sexual spores, contrasts with homothallic

Question 14

Homothallic

Answer 14

Capable of sexually reproducing from the same thallus (same organism), male and female reproductive structures

Question 15

Perithecium

Answer 15

A round or flas-shaped fruiting body with a pore through which the spores are discharged

Question 16

Oospore

Answer 16

Thick walled zygote formed by fertilization of a oosphere (female cell in oogonium)