Fungi Flashcards
2 types of fungi that act as pathogens?
- Chesnut Blight- on Chestnut trees
2. Wheat ergot-fungi that grows on wheat and create LSD
What Kingdom are fungi in?
Unikonta
Salem Witch Trials and Fungi?
Crazy ness may have been caused by LSD in wheat bread
What are some practical uses of fungi?
- Antibiotics
- Foods
- Kill bacteria for us
- Yeast used to make beer, without O2 the end product is ethanol
How big is a honey mush room?
600 tons
Hyphae
Network of tiny filaments in fungi
What are fungal cell walls made of?
Chitin
Mycelia, Mycelium
Branched network of hyphae
What are the most common body structures of fungi?
- Unicellular-yeast
- Multicellular filaments
- Both
Mycorrhizae
Association of plant roots and fungus.
Help give plants phosphate to plants
What are the 2 main types of mycorrhizal fungi?
Ectomycorrihizal fungi
Endo or Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Ectomycorrhizae
Grow outside of the roots of cell
Endo/ Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Hyphae penetrate inside of cell wall
Specialized Hyphae in Mycorrhizal Fungi?
Trap and kill prey
Haustoria
Haustoria
Specialized hyphae that can get nutrients from living plant cells
Chemical Mycorrhizae Warfare
Garlic Mustard
Exotic plant that has become invasive by having their roots produce a chemical that kills off mycorrhizae of other plants
How do fungi reproduce?
Sexual
Asexual
Deuteromycetes
All fungi lacking sexual reproduction
How do fungi reproduce asexually?
Growing as single celled yeast that bud off.
2 ways fungi reproduce sexually?
Mycorrhizae exchange haploids
Shoot out spores
What is the ancestor of fungi?
An aquatic single celled flagellated protist