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Fungi and Lichens Flashcards

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filamentous, spore-producing, heterotropic

unicellular or multicellular eukaryotes

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Fungi

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2
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specialists in fungi

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Mycologist

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3
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release digestive enzymes onto food source, partically dissolving it to make nutrients available

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Heterotrophic fungi

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4
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multiple filaments that compose fungi

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Hyphae

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5
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mass of hyphae

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Mycelium

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symbiotic between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant

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Mycorrhizae

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7
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two nucleus form as the result

of unspecialized hyphae fusing

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Dikaryons

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8
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a typical mushroom developed by the button

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Basidiocarp

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9
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produce in the basidium of Basidiomycetes

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Basidiospores

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10
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the top part of the mushroom

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Cap

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11
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a ring around the upper end of the stipe of a mushroom

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Annulus

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12
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slit-like structures beneath the cap

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Gills

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13
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symbionts consisting of a cyanobacterium (green algae) and ascomycetes

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Lichen

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14
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lichens that form brightly colored patches or
crusts on rock or tree bark, without evident lower
surfaces

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Crutose

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15
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lichens that appear to have leaf-like thalli that overlap, forming a scaly, lobed body

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Foliose

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16
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lichens that appear shrub-like or hanging moss-like on trees

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Fruticose

17
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Phylum of oldest & simplest fungi called chytids

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Phylum Chytridiomycota

18
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Phylum of terrestrial fungi known as coenocytic or conjugating fungi. black bread mold

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Phylum Zygomycota

19
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Phylum of sac fungi such as truffles, morels, yeast, and lichens

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Phylum Ascomycota

20
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Phylum of mushrooms, shelf fungi, puffballs, jelly fungi, earth stars, chanterelles, stinkhorns, rusts, & smuts

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Phylum Basidiomycota

21
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Phylum of Penicillium, blue cheese

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Phylum Deuteromycota

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