Exam 1 Terms Flashcards
Hyphae
A branch of a mycelium
Mycelium
The hypha or mass of hypha that make up the body of a fungus
Oospores
Sexual spores produced by the union of two morphologically different gametangia (oogonium and antheridium)
Sporangium
A container or case of asexual spores. In some cases it functions as a single spore.
Sporangiophore
A specialized hypha bearing one or more sporangia.
Zoospore
A motile spore.
Appressorium
The swollen tip of a hypha or germ tube that facilitates attachment and penetration of the host by a fungus.
Haustorium
A simple or branched projection of hyphae into host cells that attacks a hosting organ.
Penetration peg
A hyphae protruding from an appresorium that penetrates into the host.
Zygospore
The sexual or resting spore of zygomycetes produced by the fusion of two morphologically similar gametangia.
Encysted zoospore
A zoospore that has retracted it’s flagella into a survival structure.
Antheridium
The male sexual organ found in some fungi and oomycetes.
Oogonium
The female gametangium of oomycetes containing one or more gamates.
Plasmodium
A naked, slimy mass of protoplasm containing numerous nuclei.
Oomycete
A fungus like chromistan that produces oospores, water mold.
Plasmodiophoromycete
A class of protists that are parasites of plants.
Myxomycete
Slime Mold
Chytridiomycete
Chytridiomycetes is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are primitive fungi. Have motile spores and no septa.
Zygomycete
Ceocytic fungi.
Zygospore
Sexual resting spore or Zygomycetes.
Ascomycete
Sac fungi
Ascospore
A sexually produced spore borne in an ascus.
Ascus
A sac like cell of a hypha in which meiosis and occurs and that contains ascospores.
Ascocarp
Reproductive sturcture of ascomycetes.