Fungi/algae Flashcards
Mycorrhizae
Plant roots
Lichens
Algae and Cyanobacteria
Fungi
Eukaryotic Spore bearing Heterotrophic Sexual asexual Rigid cell wall
Saprophytes
Obtain nutrients from dead organic material
Secrete hydrolytic enzymes
Glycogen
Primary storage polysaccharide
Yeasts
Unicellular
Asexual budding
Sexual spores
Molds
Filamentous
Hyphae
Mycelium
Hyphae coenocytic
No cross walk
Hyphae septa
Cross wall
Reproduction
Sexual –> spores
Zygospores
Ascospores
Basidiospores
Asexual–> budding spores transverse fission
Chytridiomycota
Chytrid
Single cell
Mulitinucleate mass
True mycelium
Asexual -flagelated zoospores
Sexual- resting spores
Zygomycota
Sexual- zygospores
Coenocytic hyphae with haploid nuclei
Saprophytes
Ascomycota
Sexual-ascospores
Filamentous or yeast
Asexual yeast-blastiospore
Asexual filamentous- condiospores
Basidiomycota
Club fungi
Sexual-basidium
Deuteromycota
Fungi imperfecti
No sexual