Fungi and Lichens Flashcards
filamentous, spore-producing, heterotropic
unicellular or multicellular eukaryotes
Fungi
specialists in fungi
Mycologist
release digestive enzymes onto food source, partically dissolving it to make nutrients available
Heterotrophic fungi
multiple filaments that compose fungi
Hyphae
mass of hyphae
Mycelium
symbiotic between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant
Mycorrhizae
two nucleus form as the result
of unspecialized hyphae fusing
Dikaryons
a typical mushroom developed by the button
Basidiocarp
produce in the basidium of Basidiomycetes
Basidiospores
the top part of the mushroom
Cap
a ring around the upper end of the stipe of a mushroom
Annulus
slit-like structures beneath the cap
Gills
symbionts consisting of a cyanobacterium (green algae) and ascomycetes
Lichen
lichens that form brightly colored patches or
crusts on rock or tree bark, without evident lower
surfaces
Crutose
lichens that appear to have leaf-like thalli that overlap, forming a scaly, lobed body
Foliose
lichens that appear shrub-like or hanging moss-like on trees
Fruticose
Phylum of oldest & simplest fungi called chytids
Phylum Chytridiomycota
Phylum of terrestrial fungi known as coenocytic or conjugating fungi. black bread mold
Phylum Zygomycota
Phylum of sac fungi such as truffles, morels, yeast, and lichens
Phylum Ascomycota
Phylum of mushrooms, shelf fungi, puffballs, jelly fungi, earth stars, chanterelles, stinkhorns, rusts, & smuts
Phylum Basidiomycota
Phylum of Penicillium, blue cheese
Phylum Deuteromycota
