HYPHAE & SPORES Flashcards
Basic structural unit of fungi (molds)
HYPHAE
With cross walls
Septated (almost all except to zygomycetes)
Without cross walls
Aseptate (sparsely septate)
With aseptate hyphae
Zygomycetes (ie. Mucor, absidia, rhizoid)
With pectinate body
M. audouinii
With antler hyphae
T. schoenleinni
Racquet hyphae
Epidermophyton floccosum
Spiral hyphae
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
With nodular bodies
Microsporum canis
No pigment present
Hyaline
With pigment present
Melanin (dematiaceous)
Structure for reproduction
SPORES
spores are formed as a result of nuclear fusion
Sexual spores
spores are formed without nuclear fusion
asexual spores
imperfect fungi
asexual spores
perfect fungi
Sexual spores
(anamorph)
Asexual Spores
(teleomorph)
Sexual Spores
has pyriform shape
Microconidia
has spindle shape
Macroconidia
formed thru budding process – small outgrowth of hyphae that pinches off
Blastoconidia
formed thru fragmentation of
hyphal cells
Arthroconidia
formed thru enlargement hyphal cells
Chlamydoconidia
spores formed within a SAC LIKE structure called ASCUS
Ascospores
spores formed within a CLUB
SHAPED structure called BASIDIUM
Basidiospores
formed from the union of 2
undifferentiated cells
Zygospores
formed from the union of 2
differentiated cells
Oospores
example of Asexual Spores
(anamorph)
- Microconidia
- Macroconidia
- Blastoconidia
- Arthroconidia
- Chlamydoconida
example of Sexual Spores
(teleomorph)
- Ascospores
- Basidiospores
- Zygospores
- Oospores
