final lab Flashcards
distinguishing characteristic of fungi
no chlorophyll, heterotrophic, mycellium
rhizopus morphology
adult looks like a lollipop
rhizopus life cycle
sexual. Sporangium produces haploid spores that fall onto a food source and germinate into haploid filaments. Haploid hyphae fuse to form a diploid zygospore. zygospore undergoes meiosis
defining characteristic of ascomycetes
sexual spores are produced in saclike asci
ascomycota sexual life cycle
Haploid mycelia fuse to form a dikaryotic hyphae. Hyphae produce asci that form a fruiting body ascocarp.
ascomycota asexual life cycle
ascocarp relases ascospores that germinate into haploid conidiophore filaments. Conidiophores produce conidia which germinate into mycelia.
Basidiomycota: Mushrooms
produce spores called basidia which are released from gills. Spores germinate into haploid mycelia. Mycelia fuse but nuclei do not. Forms a dikaryotic mycelium that divides by meiosis to form a mushroom.
what are lichens composed of
fungus and green algae or cyanobacteria
saphrophytic
obtain food from decomposition and absorption of nutrients from dead organic matter
mycorrhizae
symbiotic relationship between mycelium and plant roots. mycelium directly supplies nutrients to plant roots in exchange for food.
ascomycota spores (ascospores)
look like hands with skinny fingers
basidiomycota spores (basidia)
club shaped
distinguishing characteristics of the animal kingdom
multicellular, heterotrophic
coelom
body cavity which is the space between the body wall and digestive tract. fully lined with mesoderm
pseudocoelom
partly lined by endoderm, partly lined by mesoderm