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FUNGI Flashcards

1
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cell wall of fungi has _____ while cell wall of bacteria has ______

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chitin; peptidoglycan/murein

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2
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cell membrane of fungi has

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ergosterol/sterol

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3
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yeast structure

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unicellular

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4
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yeast reproduction

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budding

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5
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yeast colonies

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moist, opaque, smooth, creamy, pasty

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6
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diagnostic of yeast

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biochemical reaction

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7
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temperature requirement of yeast

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body temp (35-37 degree C)

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8
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formation of Blastoconidia

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Budding

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9
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structure of mold

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multicellular

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10
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mold reproduction

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fragmentation

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11
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mold colonies

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woolly, fuzzy, waxy, glabrous, velvet

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12
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mold diagnostic

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microscopic morphology

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13
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temp requirement for mold

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room temp (25-30 deg C)

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14
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structure of fungi for fragmentation

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arthroconidia

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15
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vase like

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Phialides

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16
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ring like

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annelides

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17
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asexual spores

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conidia, blastospores, chlamydospore, sporangiospore

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18
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sexual spore

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ascospore, zygospore, oospore, basidiospore

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19
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fundamental unit of mold

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hyphae

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20
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with cross walls

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septate

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21
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absence of cross walls

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aseptate

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22
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Fundamental unit of a mold

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hyphae

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23
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Nonpigmented/Lightly pigmented

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Hyaline/Moniliaceous

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24
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Pigmented by dark brown, melanin

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Phaeoid/Dematiaceous

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25
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fungi that takes up the color of the stain

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Hyaline/Moniliaceous

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26
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Mass of hyphae that make up the thallus of a mold

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Mycelium

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27
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Vegetative growth of a fungus; includes an interwoven mass of hyphae

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Thallus (pl. thalli)

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28
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  • Growing on the surface of agar
  • For acquisition of nutrients
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vegetative mycelium

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29
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Filamentous extension above the colony
For distribution of spores for reproduction

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Aerial mycelium

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30
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Hyphae produced above the surface of the agar media

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Aerial Mycelia

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31
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Hyphae produced on the surface or extending into the agar media

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vegetative mycelia

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31
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Asexual form of fungal sporulation (imperfect state)

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Anamorph

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32
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Conidium derived from the fragmentation of specialized hyphae

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arthroconidium

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33
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Fruiting structure that contains asci (several types exist)

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Ascocarp (Ascoma)

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34
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Sexual spore formed within an ascus following meiosis

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Ascospore

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35
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Saclike structure that contains ascospores, characteristic of Ascomycetes

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Ascus (plural asci)

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36
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Sexual spore formed as on an outgrowth of a basidium

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Basidiospore

37
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structure that contains basidiospore (e.g. mushroom)

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basidium

38
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Asexual spore formed by budding of the hyphal, pseudohyphal, or yeast cell

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blastoconidia

39
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aka Blastoconidia

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daughter cell

40
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Thick-walled resting or survival structure

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chlamydospore

41
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aka chlamydospore

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chlamydoconidia

42
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Enclosed ascocarp, composed of layers of hyphae that contain randomly dispersed asci

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Cleistothecia

43
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Funnel-shaped structure at the apex of a phialide

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Collarette

44
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vase like phialides

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phialides

45
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cell that produces conidia

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conidiogenous cell

46
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specialized hyphal structure that carries the conidia

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conidiophore

47
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stalk

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-phore

48
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Asexual reproductive structure that forms on the side or the end of a hypha or conidiophore

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conidium (plural conidia)

49
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Pigmented conidia, spores, or hyphae due to the presence of melanin

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dematiaceous (phaeiod)

50
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Displaying two morphologic types, one environmental (mold) and one in vivo (yeast)

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Dimorphic

51
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Smooth, referring to colonial morphology

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glabrous

52
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Sexual reproduction requiring the interaction of two different thalli (mating strains)

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heterothalic

53
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whole fungus; the anamorphic plus the teleomorphic state of the fungus

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Holomorph

54
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Sexual reproduction can take place within one thallus

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homothalic

55
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clear, colorless, or transparent

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hyaline

56
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Septate or aseptate; vegetative unit of a mold

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hypha (plural hyphae)

57
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Fungi that do not exhibit sexual reproductive structures (phylum Deuteromycota)

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imperfect fungi

58
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Fungi that exhibit sexual reproductive structures

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perfect fungi

59
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borne within a hypha

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intercalary

60
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larger of two types of conidia produced by a mold

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macroconidum

61
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Smaller of two types of conidia produced by a mold

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microconidium

62
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Filamentous fungus that reproduces by sexual or asexual means

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mold

63
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Mass of hyphae that make up the thallus of a mold

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mycelium

64
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Enclosed ascocarp with a pore at the top through which the ascospores are discharged

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pertithecium

65
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Cell with opening through which conidia are produced

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Phialide

66
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vase like

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phialide

67
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Connected yeast cells (blastoconidia) that resemble a hypha but contain areas of constriction between adjacent cells

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Pseudohyphae

68
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Thick-walled, dematiaceous, muriform, rounded cells found in tissue diagnostic for chromoblastomycosis

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sclerotic body

69
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cross wall in a hypha

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septum (plural septa)

70
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A round structure containing endospores characteristic of Coccidioides species in tissue

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spherule

71
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Stalk bearing the sporangium

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sporangiophore

72
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Asexual spore produced within a sporangium

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sporangiospore

73
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Saclike structure in which the asexual sporangiospores develop

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sporangium

74
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Slender outgrowth of a cell bearing conidia

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sterigmata

75
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Fungi that have different asexual forms of the same specie

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synanomorphs

76
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Sexual form of a fungal sporulation (perfect state)

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Teleomorph

77
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borne at the end of a hypha

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teleomorph

78
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Vegetative growth of a fungus; includes an interwoven mass of hyphae

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thallus (plural thalli)

79
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Fungi that grow at a high temperature

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thermophillic

80
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Enlarged or swollen cell, often at the end of a conidiophore or sporangiophore, which may
also be within hyphae

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vesicle

81
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Single-cell fungus that reproduces by budding or by fission

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yeast

82
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A mucoraceous spore formed sexually by the union of two similar cells

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zygospore

83
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asexual spores formed by fragmentation of mycelia into rectangular, barrel-shaped, or cask-shaped, thick-walled spores

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arthroconidia

84
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sexual spored produced in a round, saclike ascus that usually contains two to eight ascospores

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ascospores

85
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outgrowth of a conidium or spore that is the beginning of a hypha

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germ tube

86
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no constriction

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germ tube

87
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with constriction

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pseudohyphae

88
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one of the important test for Candida albicans

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germ tube

89
Q

tube like structures that are the fundamental unit of the fungus

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hyphae

90
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group of hyphae

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mycelium

91
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asexual conidia produced by formation of conidia by simple budding from mother cells, hyphae, or pseudohyphae; budding is characteristic of yeasts and yeastlike fungi

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blastoconidia

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