Fungi Flashcards
What is the relationship lichens have with other organisms
Mutualism
What are two organisms that lichens have a symbiosis with?
Algae or Cyanobacteria
Lichen shapes: flat
Crustose
Lichen shapes: small sheets
foliose
Lichen shapes: tall, grows away from the plant
Fruticose
Phylum of bread molds
Zygomycota
Black bread mold
Rhizopus
How does Rhizopus grow on bread
Rhizoids that anchor the mold and horizontal hyphae that connect rhizoids that are called stolons
What is the most diverse fungi?
Ascomycota
Some edible species of ascomycota
Morels and truffles
Some parasites Ascomycota produce
Dutch elm disease, ringworm, and Penicillium
How does Ascomycota (sac fungi) reproduce asexually in single celled Asco.
By budding.
How does Ascomycota asexually reproduce in multi-celled Asco.
Spores called Conidia form at the ends of hyphae called conidiophores that are dispersed by the wind.
Are multi cellular fungi haploid or diploid?
Haploid
What is a mass of hyphae called?
Mycelium