Fungi Basics Flashcards
Thallus Mycelium
Body of the fungi
What is Thallus Mycelium made of?
Hyphae
Where does absorption of nutrients take place in fungi?
Thallus Mycelium
The growth of Thallus Mycelium?
very fast and usually larger than the fungi itself
Septate
hyphae- has diving walls and has pores that allow movement of organelles and other substances between those compartments
Coenocytic
One cell, no diving walls, multiple nuclei
Some hyphae are modified into ____ which ____
Rhizoids which anchor some fungi to their substrate
Mutualism
Both organisms benefit from each other
Lichens
Photosynthetic algae/cyanobacteria and fungus
What lives with algae or cyanobacteria
Lichens
What can grow on environments that are exposed surfaces and harsh environments
Lichens
The ___ of the ___ in the ___ can provide a moist environment for the photosynthetic bacteria or algae
Hyphae, fungi, lichen
What receives fixed carbon from the algae?
Fungus
What is sensitive in air pollution that makes it hard for them to live in large cities
Lichens
What is crust like and grows on flat surfaces such as trees and rocks?
Crustose
What is leafy, grows parallel to substrate, attached very loosely, and has a layer of the algae and hyphae and are intertwined?
Foliose
What is shrubby, highly branched, and can grow upwards?
Fruticose
Mycorrhizae
Fungi and plant roots
What is critical to the success of land plants?
Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizae gets ___ and ___ ___ from plants
sugars & amino acid
Fungus provides grow hormones and proteins roots from…
pathogenic microorganisms that appear
An example of Commensalism
Trychomycetes
Where are Commensalism/Trychomycetes found?
hind gut of arthropods aquatic habitats and other invertebrates
Example of Parasitism? And what is it passes on from?
Ringworm, athletes foot; skin-to-skin contact
