Fungi Flashcards
2 types of Fungi groups
Macroscopic fungi- mushrooms
Microscopic fungi- bread yeast
Rhizopus
you find this on your bread , cake and fruit
basic structure for Rhizopus
Outside layer - sporangium
the hyphae that grows vertically - sporangiophore
the dots ` spores
branch of the stolon that penetrate the substrate - rhizoids
hyphae that branch horizontally -stolon
what does the Rhizopus consists of
mass of branched filaments(hyphae)
Mycelium
when the Hyphae are interwoven to form the vegetable body
sporangium
where asexual spores are produced an
d stored
characteristics
mushrooms and moulds are unicellular yeast is unicellular contain cell walls with chitin they are eukaryotes heterotrophic reproduce asexually and sexually
the type of heterotrophic thingy
saprophytes(bread and mould)
parasites (fungus that causes athletes foot)
mutualistic
Reproduction types
Unicellular (yeast): binary fission
Multicellular: through spores and gametes