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Fungi Flashcards

1
Q

Are fungi heterotrophic or autotrophic?

A

heterotrophic

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2
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Are fungi multicellular or unicellular

A

most are multicellular

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3
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are fungi photosynthetic

A

no

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4
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how to fungi digest food?

A

use enzymes and absorb it

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5
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what are saprophytes?

A

live off of dead organic matter

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6
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Fungi cell walls are are made out of what?

A

chitin

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7
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Fungi are composed of tiny filaments called?

A

hyphae

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8
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What are hyphae

A

long strings of cells

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9
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Hyphae can grow up to how much?

A

a kilometer

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10
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How do fungi reproduce asexually?

A

release haploid spores

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11
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example of unicellular fungi

A

yeast

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12
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example of multicellular fungi

A

mushrooms, molds

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13
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what is the name for the stages of a mushrooom

A

Basidiomycetes

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14
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What is stage 1 of Basidiomycetes

A

Dikaryotic

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15
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What does a mushroom contain in the dikaryotic stage?

A

2 haploid nuclei/cells

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16
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What is stage 2 of Basidiomycetes

17
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What happens in the diploid stage

A

Haploid nuclei fuse in fruiting body of mushroom forming diploid zygote

18
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What is stage 3 of Basidiomycetes

19
Q

What happens in the haploid stage

A

zygote undergoes meisosis and forms haploid spores. Spores then germinate and fuse.

20
Q

Example of Zygomycota

A

Common mold

21
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How do Zygomycota reproduce?

A

conjugation

22
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Example of ascomycota

A

Yeast, mildew

23
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What are ascomycota?

A

Sac fungi which contain ascus

24
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What are Basidiomycota

A

Fungi which contain fruiting bodies and basidium

25
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What are Deuteromycota?

A

“imperfect fungi” (do not fit into the commonly established taxonomic classifications of fungi)

26
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Do deuteromycota reproduce sexually?

A

it has not been observed

27
Q

Example of Deuteromycota

A

Ringworm, athletes foot

28
Q

What is ascus?

A

sac like structures that contain spores

29
Q

What is basidium

A

spores bearing reproduction structures on the gills of the mushroom caps

30
Q

What are mycorrihizae?

A

fungus roots

31
Q

Mycorrhizae are _________ _________ of plant roots and fungi

A

mutualistic associations

32
Q

Almost all ________ plants have mychorrhizae

33
Q

Why are Fungi so important

A

they are decomposers

34
Q

Example of pathogenic fungi

A

ringworm and athletes foot.

For plants: dutch elm disease, chestnut blight

35
Q

Some species of ________ produce deadly toxins

36
Q

What is an example of an antibiotic fungi?

A

penicillium

37
Q

how does penicillium work?

A

produces enzymes that rupture bacterial cell walls

38
Q

a mass of hyphae is called?

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