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Fungi Flashcards

1
Q

What kind of mode of nutrition do fungi use?

A

absorptive heterotrophy

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2
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Are Fungi unikonts or bikonts?

A

Bikonts

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3
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Fungi are sister to what two groups

A

Choanoflagellates and Animals

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4
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Fungi, Choanoflagellates, and Animals belong to what group?

A

Opisthikonts

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5
Q

Most Fungi are haploid or _______

A

Dikaryotic (n + n )

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6
Q

Many fungi are filamentous, these filaments are called _______

A

Hyphae

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7
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Hyphae make masses called

A

mycelium

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8
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Organized mycelium are called ______

A

mushrooms

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9
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In Fungi, __________ is used for carbohydrate storage

A

glycogen

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10
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Cell walls of fungi are made up of _____

A

chitin

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11
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Earliest fungi in the fossil record is how old

A

544 mya

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12
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The earliest ascomycetes were how long ago

A

440 mya

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13
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what is the different between septate and coenocytic (aseptate) hyphae

A

Pores in septa allow movement of organelles in mycelia. Aseptate have no septa.

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14
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How do yeasts reproduce

A

budding

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15
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Describe fungal reproduction

A

Asexual common. Spores, budding, hyphae breaking off and growing separately. Sex unknown/rare. Sporic and Zygotic meiosis

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16
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Which fungal group are obligate intracellular parasites?

A

microsporidia

17
Q

Microsporidia have a reduced remnant of a mitochondria called a _________________

A

mitosome

18
Q

This fungal group is the only one with flagellated cells.

A

Chytrids

19
Q

What fungal group does representative Allomyces belong to?

A

Chytrids

20
Q

Which fungal group is known to be a human pathogen that namely effects the GI tract?

A

Microsporidians

21
Q

Which Fungal group is known for negatively impacting amphibians such as frogs?

A

Chytrids

22
Q

Dikaryote stages are unique to what two groups

A

Asco and basidio

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