Fungi - Large fungi - Introduction and Reproduction Flashcards
What are large fungi called?
Basidiomycetes
Name some edible mushrooms.
3
Button
Oyster
Truffles
Name some poisonous mushrooms.
3
Destroying angel (amanita virosa) Death cap (amanita phalloides) Fly agaric (amanita muscaria)
What do mushrooms start of as?
Single spores
What happens when a mushroom spore lands on suitable conditions?
It produces a hypha which branches into hyphae which intertwine to become a mycelium
How does a mushroom form a stalk?
Tightly packed hyphae grow upwards from the mycelium
What is formed when a mushrooms hyphae become tightly packed and grow upwards?
A stalk
What forms at the top of a mushroom stalk?
A tightly closed cap
What is found on the underside of a mushroom cap?
Gills with basidia between them
Where are gills found on a mushroom?
On the underside of a mushroom cap
What are basidia?
Spore-forming structures
Where are basidia found on a mushroom?
Between the gills on the underside of a cap
What happens when a mushroom becomes ripe?
The basidia release spores into the atmosphere which are dispersed by air or water
