Fungi Flashcards
What kind of mode of nutrition do fungi use?
absorptive heterotrophy
Are Fungi unikonts or bikonts?
Bikonts
Fungi are sister to what two groups
Choanoflagellates and Animals
Fungi, Choanoflagellates, and Animals belong to what group?
Opisthikonts
Most Fungi are haploid or _______
Dikaryotic (n + n )
Many fungi are filamentous, these filaments are called _______
Hyphae
Hyphae make masses called
mycelium
Organized mycelium are called ______
mushrooms
In Fungi, __________ is used for carbohydrate storage
glycogen
Cell walls of fungi are made up of _____
chitin
Earliest fungi in the fossil record is how old
544 mya
The earliest ascomycetes were how long ago
440 mya
what is the different between septate and coenocytic (aseptate) hyphae
Pores in septa allow movement of organelles in mycelia. Aseptate have no septa.
How do yeasts reproduce
budding
Describe fungal reproduction
Asexual common. Spores, budding, hyphae breaking off and growing separately. Sex unknown/rare. Sporic and Zygotic meiosis
Which fungal group are obligate intracellular parasites?
microsporidia
Microsporidia have a reduced remnant of a mitochondria called a _________________
mitosome
This fungal group is the only one with flagellated cells.
Chytrids
What fungal group does representative Allomyces belong to?
Chytrids
Which fungal group is known to be a human pathogen that namely effects the GI tract?
Microsporidians
Which Fungal group is known for negatively impacting amphibians such as frogs?
Chytrids
Dikaryote stages are unique to what two groups
Asco and basidio
