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1
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Mycology

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The study of Fungi

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Yeast

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Single-Celled Fungi

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Molds

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Multicellular Filamentous Fungi

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Mushrooms

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Reproductive structures of certain fungi.

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Saprotrophs

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Organism that get nutrients from dead and decaying matter

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Parasites

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Live on their host

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Fungi Cell Wall

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Contains Chitin & Glucan

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Fungal Membranes

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Contain Ergosterol

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Dimorphic Fungi

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Can transition between 2 morphologies

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Hyphae

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Characterizes the growth of most fungi and some bacterial species

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mycelium

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Tangles, Mat-like mass of Fungal hyphae

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vegetative Hyphae

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Hyphae that grows towards food

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Typical Fungi Growth temperatures

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20-35’c

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Ruminants

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Fungi that live in animals to help digest grasses

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Conidia

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Asexual reproductive cells of molds

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Sporangiospores

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Group of conidia

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Conidiophores

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Conidia on conidia-bearing structures

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arthroconidia

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fragmentation of hyphae

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Budding

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how yeast cells reproduce

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Ascomycota

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sac fungi produces ascospores

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Penicillin, flavor of truffles & plant pathogens are caused by which Fungal phyla?

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Ascomycota

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Basidiomycota

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club fungi

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mucoromycota

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zygomcestes/ wide hyphae with few to no septa

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Mycosis

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Fungal Infection

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dermatophytes

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superficial fungi that infects keratinized tissue

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subcutaneous fungi

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infects deeper layers of the skin

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Opportunistic fungi

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cause disease only under certain conditions.

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Systemic Fungi

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Mold in the environment

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aflatoxin

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carcinogenic toxin made by aspergillus species

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Brewer’s/Baker’s Yeast

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Lichens

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photosynthetic microorganisms with a symbiotic association to fungus

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mycorrhizas

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symbiotic relationship between fungi and the roots of plants.

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