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Fungi Flashcards

1
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modified hyphae that extract nutrients from plants

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haustoria

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2
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cell walls separating cells in hyphae

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septae

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3
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fungi lacking septae

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coenocytic fungi

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4
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formation of mycelium from spores

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germination

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5
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Hyphae cells fuse when they meet during sexual reproduction

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plasmogamy

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6
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between plasmogamy and fusion of nuclei

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heterokaryotic phase

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7
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when only two nuclei engage in plasmogamy to form each heterokaryon

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dikaryotic phase

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8
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fusion of nuclei

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karyogamy

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9
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formed by karyogamy

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zygote

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10
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grade of all fungi lacking sexual reproduction

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Deuteromycetes

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11
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close relatives of fungi; amoebas that feed on algae and bacteria

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nucleariids

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12
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earliest-diverging lineages of fungi

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chytrids

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13
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fungi that do not synthesize a chitin-rich cell wall during any of their life cycle stages; controversial grouping

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cryptomycota

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14
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unique spores in chytrids that are flagellated

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zoospores

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15
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Fast growing molds, parasites, commensalists on animals

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zygomycota

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16
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extensions of hyphae in zygomycotan sexual reproduction

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gametangia

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17
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form from merging of gametangia during plasmogamy

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zygosporangium

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18
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forms spores in zygomycota

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sporangium

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19
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zygomycota genus that can shoot spores in water, aiming its Sporangium toward light

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Pilobolus

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20
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white bread mold species

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Rhizopus stolonifer

21
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location of septa in Rhizopus stolonifer

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only reproductive cells

22
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nearly all of them form arbuscular mycorrhizae

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Glomeromycota

23
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Sac Fungi

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Ascomycota

24
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branches of mycelia for asexual reproduction in ascomycota

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conidiophore

25
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asexual spores in ascomycota

26
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plasmogamy produces these in ascomycota

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dikaryotic ascus

27
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karyogamy occurs here in ascomycota

28
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number of ascospores per ascus

29
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fruiting bodies containing the spore-forming asci

30
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club fungus

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basidiomycota

31
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contains rusts and smuts

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basidiomycota

32
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best at decomposing lignin

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basidiomycota

33
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elaborate fruiting bodies in basidiomycota

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Basidiocarps

34
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basidiomycota cell in which karyogamy occurs, followed immediately by meiosis; sheltered by basidiocarp cap

35
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most endophytes

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ascomycota

36
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most lichens

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ascomycota

37
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small reproductive clusters of hyphae with embedded algae

38
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causes Chestnut blight

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Cryphonectria parasitica; ascomycete fungus

39
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causes pine pitch canker

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Ascomycete - Fusarium circinatum

40
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causes ergot

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Ascomycete - Claviceps purpurea

41
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caused recent decline or extinction of about 200 species of frogs and other amphibians

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chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

42
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general term for an infection in an animal by a fungal parasite

43
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causes ringworm

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ascomycota

44
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ringworm on the foot

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athlete’s foot

45
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systemic mycosis that produces tuberculosis-like symptoms in the lungs

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coccidioidomycosis

46
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causes yeast infections

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Candida albicans

47
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many strains of baker’s yeast and brewer’s yeast

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

48
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ascomycete that can grow on wood or agricultural waste and that naturally produces hydrocarbons similar to those in diesel fuel

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Gliocladium roseum

49
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makes penicillin

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ascomycete mold Penicillium

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