fungus-like protists Flashcards
1
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what are the prime characteristics
A
- ## decomposers
2
Q
what makes them similar to fungi
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convergent evolution
3
Q
what are types of fungi like protists
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- oomycetes (water mold)
- slime molds
4
Q
characteristics of oomycetes (water mold)
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- cellulose-like and glycan cell walls
- flagella for part of life
- are absorptive feeders with hyphae
- caused the Irish potato famine
5
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characteristics of slime molds
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- no cell wall in plasmodium stage
- flagella in some stages, pseudopodia in others
- phagocytic cells
- extend pseudomodia through decomposing materiel, engulfing food by phagocytos
- form mass of slime
6
Q
what is hyphae
A
thread like, structural, that make up multicellular fungi
